[MLUG] OT : acanac, TekSavvy

[Leslie Satenstein]

I have been with acanac.net since July, and have had only accolades for
them. Good prompt service, and no outages. The $19.95 rate is based on
prepayment for a year.

Lowest speed that I had is 513kb (bytes) per second.  Downloads are
essentially unlimited while uploads are limited to 60 gigs.

The thing I would recommend is to not take their modem/router. There is
nothing wrong with it, as it is a simple device without a built-in wireless
router.  So, with their modem, you need to purchase a wireless router,
especially if you are going for more then one system on at a time.

My other cost from acanac is a dry loop, at $8.00 per month, which
Acanac.net bills me.

For the second and future years, the internet access is $29.95 per month,
but with cash up front, you can probably get it at the special rate
indicated on their website.

Regarding teksavvy, I have no experience since I started with Acanac.  DSL
is DSL, and so one is limited to DSL speeds.  Perhaps teksavvy will match
the acanac.net deal.  (Acanac.net is in Toronto).

My configuration is as follows:   acanac.net modem --> Vonage VOIP box
(Motorola) --> Netgrear  4port + wireless router..

So, I am doing voip along with internet.    Acanac.net also supports VOIP,
for a better rate then Vonage. I just haven't bothered to switch from
Vonage, and probably switch when I get around to it. The hesitation I have
is due to having to reconfigure the Motorola device.


On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Vrej Melkonian <vmelkon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> In the past there have been some talks here about some of these companies.
> Acanac seems very cheap and I saw someone say that he thinks acanac is part
> of canaca (canaca.com) and that they sell the service at a loss? Is that
> true?
> At the bottom of that page
> http://www.stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?topic=104350.0
>
> I was wondering how it is possible to offer at 19$/month for a 1 year
> contract. They don't mention the price after that. Anyone know?
>
> I am currently with Bell. Line with tone. They have this 30GB limit per
> month and I hate checking if I passed the limit.
>
>
>
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Leslie Satenstein
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