11-29-2018 12:25 PM
So looks like Shaw is automatically upgrading the internet speeds on the 150 and 300 plans to 300 and 600. Looking at you Telus.
https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-17572
01-25-2019 05:54 AM
Tbh, i think the numbers are more like propaganda in a lot of ads. I currently have shaw 150 (supposedly upgraded to 300 they said in email and on bill), with full bundle it is about $90 just for the internet and all the speed tests i do show i get between 70-110 download and 9-12 upoad and 37ms is my fastest ping(tested 4am when only i was up and connected on 1 device), and that is only to a calgary location for ping. My game ping is usually about 62. This blows, and i am seriously about to switch to Telus since your ping of zero is making me jelly.
01-26-2019 04:07 PM
12-10-2018 06:27 PM
I followed up with TELUS today (Dec 10) and it appears now TELUS wont be matching Shaw's doubling of 150/300... or so Frontline Care has been told.
The rep was eager to sell me TELUS 750 - but as an average household... 300 is sufficient... just would have been nice to get 600 for the same price.
01-26-2019 03:53 PM
01-26-2019 03:58 PM
11-30-2018 04:39 PM
Hey, works for me. Shaw at home, Telus at my office down the road in Sooke 😛
Tmanok
12-01-2018 09:04 AM
From my experience i should never of left Shaw telus sucks in every way tv guide is horrible ,tv picture quality all most as good as youtube .gaming lag not any better and ping times are the same as cable what is so great about fibre i see nothing !!!
12-01-2018 01:33 PM
You don't have their new 4K equipment that new costumers get Talus TV quality is better than Shaw. Even with upgrade I am leaving Shaw because I am paying for service and not downtime.
12-01-2018 04:24 PM
I have the new So called 4k pvr and from coming from the guide sucks and so does much of the content .You guys that bleed telus should really start listening to customers because between the stores and help a person finds from telus on the phone is useless .
12-01-2018 05:25 PM - edited 12-01-2018 05:27 PM
12-01-2018 05:31 PM
Nice catch! Didn't see that post before. I don't know how things can get so bad from so good.
12-01-2018 10:03 PM
First day but after you watch telus and shaw .Shaw is the winner .Plus you guys drink way to much Telus cool-aid get with the real problem of bull**bleep**ting consumers i see no change in week i am going back to blue and green can get off my property fibre and all because people being charged overages frees and other fraudulent things .
The other thing fibre is not a better online experience either it is bull**bleep** ping between shaw and telus are about the same hands down .Than dealing with stupid installers using to short of screws to hold the plastic box on the wall not having drill bits to drill hole ya it's a joke .and being higher cost than big blue is joke .
So go and he said one thing now he is saying something else ya i am i seen the light (no not that one) and the other thing the tv guide is a joke no new beside a show to tell you it's new and the recording of a show is pain and the data that optic tv using is crazy how many people are getting suckered out of money for this stupidy .
12-01-2018 10:09 PM
@YouNoIt wrote:First day but after you watch telus and shaw .Shaw is the winner .Plus you guys drink way to much Telus cool-aid get with the real problem of bull**bleep**ting consumers i see no change in week i am going back to blue and green can get off my property fibre and all because people being charged overages frees and other fraudulent things .
The other thing fibre is not a better online experience either it is bull**bleep** ping between shaw and telus are about the same hands down .Than dealing with stupid installers using to short of screws to hold the plastic box on the wall not having drill bits to drill hole ya it's a joke .and being higher cost than big blue is joke .
So go and he said one thing now he is saying something else ya i am i seen the light (no not that one) and the other thing the tv guide is a joke no new beside a show to tell you it's new and the recording of a show is pain and the data that optic tv using is crazy how many people are getting suckered out of money for this stupidy .
Actually TELUS is $30~40 cheaper than Shaw as current customer of Shaw I can say that 100 sure and thy have way more downtime than Taeus does and on monthly basis
Nut nice try dude...
12-02-2018 12:45 AM
your full of **bleep** i have only had a hand full of times where i lost internet and tv or phone in 47 years with Shawcable and shaw is a better tv experience and way better tv guide hands down .You guys in green need to tell the truth and stop eating the green jello .Because you guys are all for team green as of right now i should have stayed with ShawCable because Telus is shady period argue all you want .
The two questions that no one can answer in the high bandwidth !!
Why can't i use my own router for the tv and internet how is the routing done through the tv boxes or in the lousy telus router !!
12-02-2018 01:22 AM
Why can't i use my own router for the tv and internet how is the routing done through the tv boxes or in the lousy telus router !!
You can, your router just needs to support IGMP multicast, which most consumer routers do not without custom firmware. I have my parents place set up this way, No T3200M in sight.
12-02-2018 03:08 AM
I don't use consumer crap here never have never will .Telus has big problems here with DATA usage big time and the Tv experience is a joke the tv guide is a joke .Plus you pay more for telus and my fibre experience is horrible my shaw internet was way better speed wise and DATA usage was 250GB to 300GB a month with this **bleep** telus i see half that in a week and ping to different sites are worse than i ever seen on shaw .
I want the problem fixed why is the DATA usage high why are pings horrible and it is better not using the telus crappy router
12-02-2018 01:10 PM
I don't use consumer crap here never have never will .
Then you should easily be able to configure your router to work for the Telus TV system.
you pay more for telus and my fibre experience is horrible my shaw internet was way better speed wise
I get 330/340 on Telus and 338/28 on Shaw. That is less than 1/10th the upload speed on Shaw. Tell me again how Shaw is faster? Last time I checked they were within $5 of each other, however, I would gladly pay a couple dollars more for 10x the speed.
DATA usage was 250GB to 300GB a month with this **bleep** telus i see half that in a week
The data that my router reports and what Shaw/Telus report are within a few GB of each other every month. That being said most plans on both sides are unlimited now, so who cares?
why are pings horrible
Well, that depends what you are calling "horrible" and what you are ping testing to. Perhaps share some screenshots of your ping tests to various locations.
and it is better not using the telus crappy router
Well, ya, of course it is, just like its better to not use the crappy Shaw router. Neither are great. There is nothing stopping you from using your own.
12-03-2018 02:35 PM
@Kolby_G wrote:I don't use consumer crap here never have never will .
Then you should easily be able to configure your router to work for the Telus TV system.
you pay more for telus and my fibre experience is horrible my shaw internet was way better speed wise
I get 330/340 on Telus and 338/28 on Shaw. That is less than 1/10th the upload speed on Shaw. Tell me again how Shaw is faster? Last time I checked they were within $5 of each other, however, I would gladly pay a couple dollars more for 10x the speed.
DATA usage was 250GB to 300GB a month with this **bleep** telus i see half that in a week
The data that my router reports and what Shaw/Telus report are within a few GB of each other every month. That being said most plans on both sides are unlimited now, so who cares?
why are pings horrible
Well, that depends what you are calling "horrible" and what you are ping testing to. Perhaps share some screenshots of your ping tests to various locations.
and it is better not using the telus crappy router
Well, ya, of course it is, just like its better to not use the crappy Shaw router. Neither are great. There is nothing stopping you from using your own.
Price wise they are no longer within $5 of each other. Looking at the regular posted rates you are now looking at ($110 + $15 unlim data) $125 for Telus 300/300 vs $110 for Shaw 300/15 or $120 for Shaw 600/20. This is for regular non-contract pricing without credits on either. So for $5 less a month you're looking at double the download speed or $15 less for the same download speed.
12-03-2018 02:56 PM
@mrhector wrote:Price wise they are no longer within $5 of each other. Looking at the regular posted rates you are now looking at ($110 + $15 unlim data) $125 for Telus 300/300 vs $110 for Shaw 300/15 or $120 for Shaw 600/20. This is for regular non-contract pricing without credits on either. So for $5 less a month you're looking at double the download speed or $15 less for the same download speed.
Ya, I see when you take in to account the new Shaw speeds they are a bit further apart in price. I would assume that Telus will be matching that in the next couple weeks though.
Although you would get double the download speed with the new highest Shaw plan, you would also be getting 1/15th the upload speed. IMO, that is a huge advantage for Telus, Shaw's upload speeds are still hilariously slow. When/If Telus matches the new Shaw speeds, this gap will increase to 1/30th the upload speed, and the download speed would be the same.
12-03-2018 03:44 PM
@Kolby_G wrote:Although you would get double the download speed with the new highest Shaw plan, you would also be getting 1/15th the upload speed. IMO, that is a huge advantage for Telus, Shaw's upload speeds are still hilariously slow. When/If Telus matches the new Shaw speeds, this gap will increase to 1/30th the upload speed, and the download speed would be the same.
High download speeds have the most benefit when you have a large number of connections at your home / business. In most instances, other than on speed testing sites, or if downloading large ISO from server farms, most sites cannot serve the information you want at anywhere near these speeds.
12-03-2018 04:02 PM
@NFtoBC wrote:High download speeds have the most benefit when you have a large number of connections at your home / business. In most instances, other than on speed testing sites, or if downloading large ISO from server farms, most sites cannot serve the information you want at anywhere near these speeds.
Very true,
There are more and more platforms that can make use of crazy high download speeds nowadays, but typically only the large companies have servers that can come close. We have gigabit at work, and I still typically max around 400Mbps even from Microsoft or Adobe, two that I usually find to have some of the fastest connections.
The only place that I can consistently max out my work connection, is our private VMs in Azure & AWS. Even speed tests have trouble.
This is again why IMO, the upload speed that Telus offers is far more important. I max out my upload far more often than maxing my download.