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by gregsadetsky·13y ago·view on hn ↗
What area? What ISP? Let's start naming and shaming.. ;)

I had a pathetic experience with an ISP "reselling" Bell's DSL service. The ISP's name is Distributel. YouTube would not, at "peak times" (6pm - 9pm on weekdays, most times on weekends), work at 1080. The download speed forced you to wait for the entire clip to pre-buffer before it would be possible to play it.

What was frustrating was that opening an SSH proxy to a US server (hosted at Linode) and going through that proxy would allow you to watch 1080 clips with plenty of pre-buffering headroom. I tried to explain this to tech support (with bandwidth measurements, etc) to no avail.

I finally switched over to TekSavvy who have always had their shit down. They truly rock (the tech support is amazing).

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Shaw. lower mainland. Also I can't get out of using shaw, Telus isn't competing with them, and there are no other lines into our complex. I am stuck with them, I have no choice. I want to leave.

I wish I had TekSavvy. I really do. Next time I move I'm checking which telecoms I have access to. If it's only shaw or telus, I'm demanding discounts.