You were lucky , Eric I also got scammed into a years contract with Bell Sympatico at a slight saving ($60) Then when I got fed up with their appalling service and tried to cancel early - I was presented with a $125 early cancellation fee ! I waited out my time - and then still had a traumatic deconnection experience with Bell - they are just one below R ogers in my estimation - and that ain't high ! :( I believe the Winfields had an equally negative suffering at the hands of Bell - but which produced the very creative name of Symcrapico ! How very appropriate! TTYL Ilbert On 24 Apr 2006, at 12:35 AM, Eric Dunbar wrote: > On 24/04/06, Ilbert Walker <ilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Paul - the only advice I can give is from personal experience. >> >> I wanted to avoid dealing with the great faceless corporations - and >> wanted to have someone I can actually visit here in London and talk >> to - face to face >> >> I therefore quit Sympatico HSDL ( with much hassle from Bell) and >> went with ISP. Canada - corner of Oxford and Wharncliffe. That >> proved, for me. and others on MUGLO, a wise choice - I have had >> nothing but positive results from dealing with them - and can >> recommend them without hesitation. Their rates are comparable to the >> big boys . >> > > Speaking of the big boys... > > I hit a new low with Bell Sympatico High Speed Edition! > > $30/month if I signed on for a year. I was (satisfied) with Toronto > Free Net (tfnet.ca) but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get three > months of free high speed service from Bell ($120 worth for a single > phone call... figure it cost me about 30 mins of my time total... I > don't value my time at $240/hr ;-). > > After three months were up I called Bel to cancel service and return > to tfnet.ca. > > Two days later got a call from Bell wanting to "confirm" my decision > to leave them and find out why I wanted to leave (I wanted a static IP > address and tfnet.ca is $8/mo cheaper than Bell). > > They offered $35 right off the bat after my first "no thank you". > $35 (dynamic IP with Bell) vs. $37 (static IP)... not enough of a > savings to warrant staying with Bell. > > Then after telling her "no thank you" and expecting that to be the end > of things the sales lady said she couldn't do anything about a static > IP but how about $30/mo. Hmm. $80/year less _and_ I must > (begrudgingly) admit that Bell does have the most responsive access > around (and I've sampled ADSL providers far and wide in recent years). > If I really want to have a proper DNS entry for my server (rather than > the free workaround I have now ;-) I can always pony up 30 USD for a > proper dynamic IP DNS service. > _________________________________________________ > > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on > > http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html > > Our Archives can be viewed at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/ > _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/