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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 02:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Iconshot $19 (taxes in) a month for High Speed Internet 5mb unlimited downloads (Acanac)

http://www.acanac.ca/DSL.html
  • 100 Gigs of Online Storage
  • 12 month contract that you pay up front <$228 for the year
  • 30 day money back policy if you don't like their services
  • <$34 (taxes in) a month after the one year deal is done
  • Unlimited downloads, No Capping

Don't know the expiry on this deal (NOTE: Looks like it ends January 31). So hurry up and get it. Worst case utilize their 30 day money back policy. Promo only available in Ontario and Quebec.


Here's a review of their services (79% approval rating);
http://www.dslreports.com/comments/2744

Thanks.

BTW, I've had Acanac since Sunday and have had no disconnections and a smooth 5mb service so far. I was with TekSavvy prior and would disconnect at least once a day. We have 3 computers, 2 of them were running WoW without lagging and the other one ran smoothly as well. Best Internet I've ever had.

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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 02:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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http://acanac.ca/google-promo.htm?gc...FQVfFQodjW7kSg
  • 100 Gigs of Online Storage
  • 12 month contract that you pay up front <$228 for the year
  • 30 day money back policy if you don't like their services
  • <$34 (taxes in) a month after the one year deal is done
  • Unlimited downloads, No Capping

Don't know the expiry on this deal. So hurry up and get it. Worst case utilize their 30 day money back policy.


Here's a review of their services (82% approval rating);
http://www.dslreports.com/comments/2744


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Thanks.

BTW, I've had Acanac since Sunday and have had no disconnections and a smooth 5mb service so far. I was with TekSavvy prior and would disconnect at least once a day. We have 3 computers, 2 of them were running WoW without lagging and the other one ran smoothly as well. Best Internet I've ever had.
Throttled?

I have had Teksavvy for a few months now and have had 0 disconnects (so far) as far as I am aware....

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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 02:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Throttled?

I have had Teksavvy for a few months now and have had 0 disconnects (so far) as far as I am aware....
As far I understand it, everybody is throttled (TekSavvy included). Mother Bell owns the lines and they rent them to the smaller ISP's. Bell throttles everything, (their services and the smaller ISP's).

From their site;

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Absolutely no ports are blocked
http://acanac.ca/more-info.htm

I've had Teksavvy for a few years, but this deal was too good of a deal to pass by. I was paying around $42 a month for what I'm getting now for $19. Tough to say no to that with a 30 day money back policy. Worst off, I can always go back to Teksavvy.
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 02:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Good luck with that...
Free internet service for life is a hot deal.
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 02:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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There is also some real geeky stuff about an online Pc and a backdoor way to stop throttling.

I have to look into it, but here is a blurb from somebody who has done it.

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And also, the most important part, is the FREE ONLINE PC. It's basically a CentOS 5 online system, just like VPS, but without root access. You have to contact support to activate this, but once you do, it's amazing. I have not used it frequently, but I did do a speedtest from the online pc, and got an unbelievable 40M/10M connection!

* »gr310.ifrance.com/ISP/OnlinePC.JPG

But the most interesting part with the online PC is the SSH Tunnel. My BitTorrent speeds has gone from 30KBps to more than 540 KBps with the tunnel! I am blessed. They even tell you how to do it: »acanac.ca/SSH-Tunnel-U.htm

The SSH works perfectly, excepts that the server sometimes reset the connection. I recommend using Bitvise Tunnelier instead of PuTTY, because of the automatic reconnect feature.
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:14 PM   #6 (permalink)
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So, that's a deal no one here has ever read about - NOT. Heck, they even sponsor a couple of threads and advertise on the site!!

And, soliciting for referrals is a real big NO-NO on this board, don't ask how I know . . . let's see . . . that's because I solicited for Acanac referrals and was actually banned temporarily for having done it. So I'm still short a few myself.

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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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noob here.....
Whats throttling?
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Whats throttling?
Throttling is the practice of restricting throughput. Bell Canada (among others) does this on their front end for part of each day with torrent traffic.

Acanac, among others uses Bell's distribution network to get data to their facilty - those people using torrent clients see their download rates plummet during evenings and weekends.

Acanac offer a couple of solutions - one is to use their virtual PC and another is to establish a tunnel for your traffic - In the case of the tunnel Bell doesn't see the data as Torrent downloads and doesn't throttle it.

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From their site;

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Absolutely no ports are blocked
That's not quite true - outbound port 25 is blocked to prevent spam bots from easily bypassing the local relay.
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
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30 day guarantee, but im sure they'd charge you upfront w/o waiting for 30 days..... is the speed comparable to rogers express internet?

I'm on VOIP (vonage) so i think i can't use DSL/ADSL only cable
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:50 PM   #13 (permalink)
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30 day guarantee, but im sure they'd charge you upfront w/o waiting for 30 days..... is the speed comparable to rogers express internet?

I'm on VOIP (vonage) so i think i can't use DSL/ADSL only cable
Haven't had Rogers Express for speed...

I don't have Rogers as they have a 30 gig downloading cap per month (as far as I know).

Don't know about the Guarantee as I haven't used it.

Don't sure about you not using dsl either, you would have to contact the ISP about it. I think you would be charged an extra $10 for connecting ($29 a month is still a decent deal).
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:53 PM   #14 (permalink)
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So, that's a deal no one here has ever read about - NOT. Heck, they even sponsor a couple of threads and advertise on the site!!

And, soliciting for referrals is a real big NO-NO on this board, don't ask how I know . . . let's see . . . that's because I solicited for Acanac referrals and was actually banned temporarily for having done it. So I'm still short a few myself.
It's the first time I've posted a deal. Didn't know about it. If the powers that be think its an infraction worthy of a ban I have no issues with that.

RFD has given me much more then I've ever put into it. If I want some play, I got to play by the rules right?
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Old Jan 1st, 2009, 03:55 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I'll vouch for Acanac, I had them for 10 months (I moved out of On/Qc before my year was up), and it was SEAMLESS from the switch over from Bell DSL. No cap, I had no issues with them, service was good.
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