I always assumed just like a cellphone bill the price you "enter in with" is the "agreed price" and that contract can't change unless you cancel or switch to another plan.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Not with bell.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Your cellphone bill only stays the same while under contract. After that it's also subject to rate increases whenever they feel like.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Im using Teksavvy, it's about $65 bucks for 40/10 dsl, no bandwidth limit, for the past 7 years. It's not fast, it's not cheap, but they don't block incoming, and they don't change the price. It's worth it to not have to deal with bell or rogers.

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You should check Teksavvy's current offerings, you should be able to get something much better at that price nowadays.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They have "promo" pricing for the first year but this is the base price. For a promo price of 70 bucks I can get 1000/30 but that means having to switch ISPs every year, some of which do not like users operating servers on home connections.

I actually checked the ISPs in my area a week ago to see if there was any better deals and after the first year I'm still on the cheapest usable plan.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm loving the spreadsheet!!

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

The prices are pretty depressing for being in the most densely populated part of Canada.

[–] kahnclusions@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m in Tokyo and pay $55 for 10 gigabit symmetric with unlimited bandwidth… wth Canada

I don’t expect Canada to have the fastest speeds way out in the countryside, but for the major cities there are no excuses.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

We still have cell phone plans with limited numbers of sms/mms messages and limited call time. Canada is a backwater for technology.

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oof. We're luckier than that in Montreal.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm on the edge of Hamilton, Ontario so despite being in the burbs I'm way closer to farmland than the city, and internet plans reflect that.

I would love to choose a faster plan but the 3 times a month that I would actually use a full 1000Mib/s down don't justify the extra $400-$500 a year on top of ~700 I already pay. I can better spend that on storage, memory, and media.

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Definitely. I'm at 60MiB/s down, but pay way less than you do.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"not cheap" is an understatement, that's abysmal

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

See if you can find a plan for under 70 bucks regular price not the 1 year promo price. This is the cheapest internet connection in my area that does not require me to switch ISPs every fucking year.