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Same. I was willing to use TekSavvy, but their internet service is just not there. I want symmetrical speed, I use upload extensively (and need unlimited data). Unfortunately, that's not their priority.

Their website is also completely down right now, which is weird.

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They run their own fiber infrastructure in Chatham, Ontario. Resell on Bell in Ontario and Quebec. Telus, Aliant and SaskTel have until Feb 2025 to open up wholesale on their Fiber networks which I’d expect TekSavvy to tap that for Western/Maritime Canada.

Oh cool, so there is hope! I'm with Novus which is a local ISP in BC, Telus was jacking up prices for no reason, like they do for mobile

Can you share what you need symmetrical speeds with unlimited bandwidth from home for?

I work from home and I self host various apps from my home server. I also can stream videogames from my home. The major upload need is work (database files) and serving the apps from my home rapidly (videos/photos).

The cool thing about 1gbit symmeyrical is that I don't have to think about it anymore.

Almost forgot, I backup all my important data on the cloud too from my NAS, so it has to upload often videos and photos.

not the OP, but I'm a data engineer. I'm downloading and uploading data all day long. Even subsets are large and after combining data from multiple datasets, it grows.

That's not including backups I run to external services.

I’m not the OP, but have a vastly over spec connection. For about $70 US per month I get 2 gigabit symmetric. I could get something like 300mbps symmetric for about $40 US but love the extra. I don’t notice the difference every day, but it makes me very happy when I do.

Same! It's extremely cheap in my case, so why not? One great thing about being in a city in Spain is the prices...Five euros a month extra to go from 1 gigabit symmetrical to 10 gigabit. I don't have anything that can even come close to using that (I can get about 1.2gbps over wifi, and have a 2.5gb ethernet adapter I never plug in) but... 5 euros a month!

For $70 a month? Holy guacamole! Where are you, that you get such good rates? We’re lucky to have fiber, but we pay $60 for 100 mbps. (Edited to correct cost of fiber as part of telecom bill.)

This is in New Zealand.

I can get the same speed for cheaper, $US50-60 but the static IP, and great service from Voyager keep me with them.

It’s not a load more for 4 or even 8gb. What a time to be alive.

Not sure about the original poster, but in my case it's because I'm running a NAS/rsync at home. Symmetrical speeds are really handy for that.

Not that person, but its needed if you're a live streamer. Even video chats with small groups take quite a bit of bandwidth.

>Their website is also completely down right now, which is weird.

Seems up: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/teksavvy.com.html

It's up but returns 403 for requests to the homepage

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