It is intolerable that a company like Rogers takes money for this service when there is no way to get it working.

Looking for alternatives. Does anyone know of better plans I can switch to?

Anyways, Rogers is so lazy that they do nothing after they build something. They just wait until they get so many complaints that they then have to do something. By then everything is so slow and broken that they move onto the next technology which the rest of the world has been using for years. Rogers’ excuse is that Canada is so vast a country so they can’t be compared to places like Japan. Really, so they couldn’t even cover metropolitan areas such as Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal with such services? Those areas are dense enough but then it’s just an excuse which they think you’ll buy. And you do, hook, line and sinker.

I was in Chile in 2007 and was surprised as all hell when my cellular phone’s 3G icon lit up after arriving at Santiago’s airport. Chile already had 3G service BEFORE Rogers had it in Vancouver and most of Canada. Entel PCS, as they are called in Chile, had pay as you go plans than made Rogers pay as you go plans seem a rip-off no matter how you looked at it. Rogers gouges us all because we put up with it. So I guess for those of you that don’t b*tch loud enough every time something goes wrong with Rogers and the likes HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN because you too are part of the problem. If we all don’t take this crap then the government has to change, the CRTC needs to go, Rogers and the likes need to be watched closer and rules imposed.

Rogers even to this day makes comparisons to how their high speed internet is so many times faster than dial up. Really, dial up?!? When was the last time you used dial up in a big city? Yet they make that point because they think you’re so stupid that you’ll go and buy it. BTW, in select parts of Vancouver there has been a company providing 100Mb home internet service for years now. They also provide TV but their battle with the CRTC was only caused because Rogers and the likes didn’t want the competition. How do you think this company won?

The CRTC and the these snot nosed bullies (Rogers, Bell, Telus, etc.) need a swift kick in the arse. They are nothing short of a legal mafia holding us (Canada) back and turning us into the digital ghetto!

Exercise your right and cut back your service to reflect your dissatisfaction with “just good enough” if you can even call it that. Do nothing and you’re the reason Canada goes nowhere. Enjoy your digital ghetto!