Best Deal on Home Phone/Internet/HD-TV - Ontario

[4buyorsell]

Hi all - any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Currently a Bell customer and I'm paying way too much for my phone and internet. Looking to switch to a new provider and bundle tv/phone/internet. Any suggestions on good deals right now?

BTW - what do you pay for bundle packages??

Thanks for your help!!!

[a_t_jetto]

Hi all - any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Currently a Bell customer and I'm paying way too much for my phone and internet. Looking to switch to a new provider and bundle tv/phone/internet. Any suggestions on good deals right now?

BTW - what do you pay for bundle packages??

Thanks for your help!!!

Me too...internet and home phone is way too much. I'm look at Teksavvy to replace both; the consensus is that they have good customer service and people a minimal issues.

Also considering Acanac.

[designer76]

Im currently with Cogeco Home/Phone/Internet paying approx $175/mth
I am looking at a few options and wanted to know if anyone has tried this
HD Antenna - The Source has mentioned to me why not try a HD antenna, Im not a fan of putting those honking huge antenna on my roof, but they have indoor ones for about $100, try for 30 days if not happy return...

OR.
I know Shaw is out here too now, but not in area.

any other suggestions - not going to Bell/Roger's!

[Dangaizer3]

Me too...internet and home phone is way too much. I'm look at Teksavvy to replace both; the consensus is that they have good customer service and people a minimal issues.

Also considering Acanac.

I too, was looking for a good ISP provider, and based on all the great things said about Teksavvy and their pricing/rates I decided I couldn't go wrong. Needles to say, Teksavvy was the worst provider I've ever been with. I would complain more, but see no point as so many people come to their defense, it's as if my situation was a one off. Not sure about Acanac.

[Dangaizer3]

Im currently with Cogeco Home/Phone/Internet paying approx $175/mth
I am looking at a few options and wanted to know if anyone has tried this
HD Antenna - The Source has mentioned to me why not try a HD antenna, Im not a fan of putting those honking huge antenna on my roof, but they have indoor ones for about $100, try for 30 days if not happy return...

OR.
I know Shaw is out here too now, but not in area.

any other suggestions - not going to Bell/Roger's!

With an indoor HDTV antenna you need to be wary of the location of your home, and where the antenna is within it. If you're located downtown with a direct line of sight to the CN Tower, the reception should be very good. They can be pretty picky with regards to reception. If you have it mounted in the attic with a signal amplifier it should also be good. I have a brand name outdoor antenna (which cost me around $80) in my living room located around VicP and Finch, and because my house is located sort of at the bottom of a valley, the reception isn't that good. I only get about 5-6 Canadian HD channels that come in perfectly clean. CBC, Global, CityTV, Omni1/2, SUNTV. The antenna needs to be facing south west, of course if I move the antenna more than half a foot in any direction I lose the signal. On the flip side, I made a coat hanger HDTV antenna with some copper wire and a 2x2 that I bought at Home Depot, that is used at a friends condo 20+ floor at Yonge and Finch, and they get close to 20 HD stations including the US ones. I've made the coat hanger antenna with coat hangers as well, but find the copper wire to receive a stronger signal. $100 for an indoor antenna seems overpriced.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/762088...ought_amazing/

There's lots of tutorials as well on YouTube.

[TWD09]

Im currently with Cogeco Home/Phone/Internet paying approx $175/mth
I am looking at a few options and wanted to know if anyone has tried this
HD Antenna - The Source has mentioned to me why not try a HD antenna, Im not a fan of putting those honking huge antenna on my roof, but they have indoor ones for about $100, try for 30 days if not happy return...

OR.
I know Shaw is out here too now, but not in area.

any other suggestions - not going to Bell/Roger's!

You can put antenna in your attic...

[TWD09]

Hi all - any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Currently a Bell customer and I'm paying way too much for my phone and internet. Looking to switch to a new provider and bundle tv/phone/internet. Any suggestions on good deals right now?

BTW - what do you pay for bundle packages??

Thanks for your help!!!

Why not try HD antenna for TV?

[4buyorsell]

Thanks for your help everyone. Maybe HD antenna might be the best bet for network TV (depends on what type of signal I can get). I am near Buffalo so I might luck out. I’m thinking another consideration might be a decent computer with HDMI …could stream Netflix in lieu of a movie channel subscription.

[Dangaizer3]

Thanks for your help everyone. Maybe HD antenna might be the best bet for network TV (depends on what type of signal I can get). I am near Buffalo so I might luck out. I’m thinking another consideration might be a decent computer with HDMI …could stream Netflix in lieu of a movie channel subscription.

That is also a good alternative. If you're near buffalo I would try making a HD antenna first, its cheap and might give you enough channels that you won't need to get anything else. Good luck.

[4buyorsell]

Just thought I would update this thread. I had amazing luck with my homemade hd antenna (thanks for the advice). I am currently getting 20 digital channels and a handful of analog (analog quality is poor). I might move the antenna outside to see if this improves. I’m also debating if I want to purchase a Boxee…but not sure how much bandwidth I might use in a month.

I am waiting for Cogeco to call back with a price for internet/home telephone service. I am definitely dropping Bell.

[cam_dip]

Does Anyone have worldline (www.worldline.ca) Internet experience? I have been using their 3.95/Month long distance service for home and cell phone and I am quite happy with that but I wonder about the whole bundle..