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Nova Scotia resident here, prices are already incredibly high even with the limited options for third party providers. For proper fibre my only option is Bell w
by devonallie 4y ago
Nova Scotia resident here, prices are already incredibly high even with the limited options for third party providers. For proper fibre my only option is Bell with a base price of $80/mo (w/ discount, typical rate of 109) for 150 symmetrical. With many people here switching to remote work, Bell knows what’s coming and is eager to continue raising prices.
- sgt101 4y agoYou know, that ($80 Canadian for 150 sym) is not too far off international prices.
- OJFord 4y agoI pay £29pcm (regular, no discount/promotion) in the UK for exactly the same (and actual service exceeds the headline 150 comfortably) which is, at time of writing, CA$46.67.
- helloooooooo 4y agoAre you in a large city or rural area? Rural prices in Canada are extortionate, and the commenter your are replying to, their price is is likely in a City
- OJFord 4y agoYes, that's in London. In actually rural UK you're very unlikely to have fibre. (Even in smaller towns/villages the cost to hook up an unconnected house to the cabinet, to the owner if they want it ahead of when Openreach might eventually get there, is North of £10k. I imagine if you want to pay for that installation somewhere rural it's even considerably more, since the nearest fibre might be miles away. They might not even do it, I don't know.)
- sgt101 4y agoSymetric? Do you get 150 both ways?
- OJFord 4y agoYes. Or as I said, service actually exceeds that whenever I've tested, typically ~160/190Mbps down/up respectively, but it's a 150 symmetric plan.
- sgt101 4y agoThat's good ! Who are you with? I have 1GB / 100mb with BT but it costs me £80pcm
- OJFord 4y agoHyperoptic, FTTB so only in cities and perhaps only London - I think might only be flat blocks too (copper to each individual flat) - but if you can get it it's great, I'd definitely recommend. Pretty sure you'd get your 1Gb symmetric for less.
- upupandup 4y agoI showed my Korean friends and they were laughing at how expensive and slow the internet is in Canada.
- kube-system 4y agoFor what it’s worth, they’re also more than an order of magnitude more dense. They’re playing the ISP game on easy mode.
- codalan 4y agoAustralia has entered the chat