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Canada also has pretty fiber coverage in urban areas but only for a single provider, Bell Canada, and its legislatively allowed resellers like TekSavvy. It is
by bhouston 2mo ago
Canada also has pretty fiber coverage in urban areas but only for a single provider, Bell Canada, and its legislatively allowed resellers like TekSavvy.
It is really fast and reliable. You can get symmetric 8Gbps for around $100/month USD ($140/month CAD.)
- thunderfork 2mo agoUnfortunately I haven't heard much about build-out since Bell bought the company that was laying all that fiber (Start.ca) I had to move to a place that didn't have fiber but by all means should be getting it Real Soon Now (urban, surrounded by fiber build-out, on an arterial) but I'm basically accepting that I'll be doomed to DOCSIS for the foreseeable future.
- sourthyme 2mo agoI think this was Telus, not Bell. But I'm feeling the same way.
- bryanlarsen 2mo agoUnless it has quietly resumed, Bell has stopped laying fiber. The government forced them to share the fiber and so threw a hissy fit and stopped laying new fiber. Never mind that the sharing rules are harshly tilted in Bell's favor. They charge Teksavvy ~$80 a month for that access, but then will sell it directly to consumers for $50/month under their house discount brands like Ebox and Distributel.
- bhouston 2mo agoYou are right: https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/bells-fibre-footprint-to-plateau-after-ottawa-sticks-with-crtcs-wholesale-policy/article_5d413ecb-1632-5359-9cca-ec6322e9c951.html https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/bells-fibre-foo... I didn't realize that Ebox was Bell. Interesting.