discussion Any of you on Rogers Xfinity for internet? Results?

[sswilson]

For fiber areas, yes, but those are the minority I'd say. My friend is in a Rogers fiber area and his ONT is just plugged into his UDMP. No Rogers modem/gateway involved.

Most of Rogers/Shaw will be "traditional" cable internet and thus the modem is required - but that does leave the 2.5Gbps port empty. Still, WiFi 6E/7 surpass 1Gbps too, which I'm guessing is what most people use.

Yes, when I had >1GB with rogers cable I was able to get the full bandwidth out of the 2.5GB port. I'm personally in a rogers fiber area so I'd be getting an ONT. Apparently the other option (if you want to keep using the rogers router but have >1G for your internal network) is to see if you can get a dual port ONT, but I believe those are mostly reserved for business customers.

We've just started losing some of our bell promotional pricing so we're hoping to get one of the rogers door to door sales persons to see what they'll offer.

 

[Caldezar]

I have XFinity as my backup. I run dual WAN to a ubiquiti gateway. It's been absolutely fine in bridge mode until recently when there's been a node issue of some kind in our neighborhood that they've been 'working on' for a week.

We were originally Shaw customers, but when we got an insane deal on fiber through Primus, we went back to Shaw (just as they were cutting to Rogers) to see what they could do to compete. They wouldn't budge an inch, so we dropped them and switched. A month later they called and said they were offering 1.5G for $45/month on a 2yr term if we'd come back. . We decided it was worth running dual for the price and so we have both. Just stupid that we had to actually leave to get that price.

 

[FreeKnight]

Coincidentally, Telus just called offering me $60 for 2 years on the 1G Fiber network as 'promotion' due to my cell being on Telus.

Might call rogers directly and see if they can do better. I have the rogers WE MC for Costco, and think I get an additional .5-1% cashback reward if I have a rogers service as well IIRC...

 

[JD]

I have the rogers WE MC for Costco, and think I get an additional .5-1% cashback reward if I have a rogers service as well IIRC...

I think you get an extra 0.5% cashback on all purchases and you get 1.5x if you redeem it against your Rogers bill. On my more spendy months, I have free service

 

[Dwayne]

We have been long time Shaw customers in BC when we were caught up in the purchase by Rogers. I upgraded to the Shaw highspeed when they offered $0 phone plans when you bought into the highest speed internet. Saved me a ton of money. When Rogers bought Shaw they kept the free cell phones for 5 years (I think have 2 years left) and I upgraded to their 1.5 Gbit internet. I feel the service has been good. I use the modem/router combo and the 2.5 GB port is connected directly to my computer. I get full 1.5 Gbit download all the time.

If anything, I think I have some routing issues though for certain games. Seems the jumps through Rogers nodes here in Western Canada have some latency issues.

 

[Cannon Fodder]

I have XFinity as my backup. I run dual WAN to a ubiquiti gateway. It's been absolutely fine in bridge mode until recently when there's been a node issue of some kind in our neighborhood that they've been 'working on' for a week.

We were originally Shaw customers, but when we got an insane deal on fiber through Primus, we went back to Shaw (just as they were cutting to Rogers) to see what they could do to compete. They wouldn't budge an inch, so we dropped them and switched. A month later they called and said they were offering 1.5G for $45/month on a 2yr term if we'd come back. . We decided it was worth running dual for the price and so we have both. Just stupid that we had to actually leave to get that price.

Yup, that's pretty much what I said, in the IPTV Services thread I mentioned earlier, but that was THE most echoed advice in the RFD threads mentioned there, and that's how we got a decent deal with our services. The front line customer service people could only offer us a package, similar to what we had before, for ~$175, whereas once I cancelled our services, the 'Loyalty' dept. offered a similar package, but slightly better, for $121(could have gotten that for $114 if I went with auto-pay), plus a $300 bill credit. It just pisses me off that you have to cancel to get anywhere with them, EVEN after we've been a Rogers, then Shaw(after the Rogers - Shaw swap of territories, years ago), and now Rogers once again, customer, for over 20yrs.!!! They call it the 'Loyalty' dept., but they're only loyal when you're potentially taking your money to the competition!

 

[JD]

[Rogers] Rogers Xfinity 1.5/2 Gbps for $50 (24 months) - YMMV - RedFlagDeals.com Forums

Had a call today with my Rogers building rep from +1 519 574 0587 and was offered 1.5 Gbps (download) /200Mbps (upload) for $50 for two years with

forums.redflagdeals.com

So I would make your target $50, $75 is surely too high

 

[Izerous]

Rogers (Alberta) emailed me with renewal offer...
$80/500M
$85/1G
$90/1.5G
$95/2G

Telus Alberta Website Listing
$85/250M
$95/500M
$105/1G
$115/1.5G
$115/3G
$145/5G

TakSavy
$78/1G

 

[moocow]

Is Rogers in AB the same as BC where it's last mile copper, assuming they using Shaw's infrastructure. I wonder which backbone TakSavy is using or they just use Shaw's infrastructure as well.

 

[Izerous]

Is Rogers in AB the same as BC where it's last mile copper, assuming they using Shaw's infrastructure. I wonder which backbone TakSavy is using or they just use Shaw's infrastructure as well.

Based on the advertised upload speeds assuming shaw but didn't really dig into it that far.