Comments on: HSPA FTW! bittorrent on Rogers Wireless is fast and unthrottled

By: BitTorrent

BitTorrent — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:42:58 +0000

way to hit the speed with HSPA. i didn't know you could get these speeds

By: anon

anon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:56:09 +0000

I hit those speeds regularly with just plain rogers internet. The speeds are affected by the number of people in the area. In my town of 13ish thousand, I get 250-400ks no problem. In the city, 75ish+ thousand, you're lucky to hit 100kbs. All on just regular rogers cable internet.

By: Eric Hacke

Eric Hacke — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:23:17 +0000

The really crazy thing is that they also say on their website that you won't be charged more than $100 a month, regardless of usage. $100 for 7.2Mbs unthrottled wireless internet anywhere in the GTA seems pretty awesome to me.

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Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Rogers HSDPA network slowing down? — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:05:13 +0000

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ML2 daily 04/16/2008 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:31:24 +0000

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By: mark

mark — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:15:13 +0000

And your data charges/plan is…?

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:25:00 +0000

There are definately catches. Under the best rogers plan the first GB costs you $65 + system access fee, the next 4 GB cost you $10 each and afterthat $30 a gigabyte.

Which makes torrenting (at these rates) more of a fun but fairly expensive toy, rather than the future vision of digital HD content distribution.

I’m aware of differing experiences with throttling on the rogers cable network, they may well have differing or changing policies in various areas or neighbourhoods – feedback appreciated!

By: Scott Ash

Scott Ash — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:22:49 +0000

I never really had problems Downloading torrents. Uploading/seeding torrents on Rogers is essentially blocked! Does this method let you upload at 50 k/sec like you used to be able to do before Rogers slashed their service.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:03:55 +0000

Are you still not paying for the data charges?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:35:42 +0000

So you can buy the card for $99 – what kind of service do you have for this kind of speed?

All I need is an ExpressCard and I’d be one happy camper.