Carrytel Cable Internet 1000 $54.99 / month ($49.99 for first 3 months) - new customers only, Rogers area

What is the ping for gaming at night?

I tried CIK, although they are using Rogers’ internet, but the global route is really bad, unplayable (200+ ping) after 6pm until 0:00am

75mbps is also on sale for $29.99 for the first 3 months then $39.99/30days

Considering I was on the 75/10 plan for 29.99, upped to the 150 mbps plan for 39.99, they cancelled a month in saying that they didn't expect as many people to sign up as they did and it wasn't sustainable, rolled me back to my existing plan and I lost the 50 dollar upgrade fee (they did reimburse me 20 dollars in credit), and then just sent me an email that my 75/10 plan was jumping from 34.99 to 49.99; I'd say to avoid Carrytel like the plague.

Also should say that the deal is only for Rogers area. Cogeco area is much worse for 1000mbps $69.99 for the first 6 months then $74.99 per month.

I had good experience with Carrytel before switching to Fido last year, but some colleagues who are working from home have had 2-3 outages in the last 1.5 years. Backup plan: they used your cell phone hotspot.

Watch them bump $10 or $15 in a year

As I had mentioned in the original post, I also went though a few outages, which does not change the fact they seemed to offer the best price / service ratio (at least back in 2018, lol). Since they resell Rogers network, if Rogers is down, so do they. I've been with Bell and Teksavvy before, and from my experience, no matter what service you go with and what price you pay, there will always be a decent portion of unhappy customers.

Regardless, if anyone could point me to another ISP (in GTA area) that offers a similar price level / speed service (I've checked Ebox for example - no luck here), I'll happily jump the ship I've started with Carrytel on the 75Mbps 29.99 plan and after 3 years, the price is 44.99 which translates to around 5 bucks per year. I don't think there's an ISP that will guarantee zero price increases, but with no contracts (or annual commitments and such) one can change the provider decently easily these days.

alander wrote: ↑ As I had mentioned in the original post, I also went though a few outages, which does not change the fact they seemed to offer the best price / service ratio (at least back in 2018, lol). Since they resell Rogers network, if Rogers is down, so do they. I've been with Bell and Teksavvy before, and from my experience, no matter what service you go with and what price you pay, there will always be a decent portion of unhappy customers.

Regardless, if anyone could point me to another ISP (in GTA area) that offers a similar price level / speed service (I've checked Ebox for example - no luck here), I'll happily jump the ship I've started with Carrytel on the 75Mbps 29.99 plan and after 3 years, the price is 44.99 which translates to around 5 bucks per year. I don't think there's an ISP that will guarantee zero price increases, but with no contracts (or annual commitments and such) one can change the provider decently easily these days.

But this one is 180 days commitment! Plus their 150mbps was really 15mbps during rush hours. Switched to Fido which is also Rogers and no speed issue during rush hour. A friend was also on them and complained about the same thing.

Switched to Fido on their Black Friday deal. So nice to watch TV without being throttled.
Carrytel are the charlatans of ISP.
Avoid like the plague.

Moved the thread to expired deals since obviously this is NOT a hot deal... Lol

Wow, moved to expired , so quickly.
I personally think it is an excellent price. I was also with Carrytel, till i switched last year to Fido. Had no noticeable speed or breaking issues and Fido is the same as well.
I have seen a lot of negative comments about Carrytell in RFD and the only reason I switched was the price increase from Carrytel.

Last year Fido promotion with the gift card sealed the deal for me.
I would have happily switched back to Carrytel if i needed the higher speeds.

alander wrote: ↑ Moved the thread to expired deals since obviously this is NOT a hot deal... Lol

Did you move it or the mods.

Thank you for posting the deal man, it is an amazing price.

engineered wrote: ↑ 75mbps is also on sale for $29.99 for the first 3 months then $39.99/30days

That's annoying. I've also been with them since 2018 with 75 Mbps service, and they recently raised prices from $35 to $50 a month. They sent an email crying about how their costs have increased so they had to jack us up by $15 a month, yet the long term rate for new subs (not promotional rate) is $40? I can understand a promotional rate being low and then everybody gets the same long term rate, but why are the new subs getting a better long term deal than the people who've been with them for a while? Way to f*** over your existing subs.

Not gunna lie, carrytel used to be amazing or at least your 1st yr.. but the price increase overtime is pretty bad

6200cc wrote: ↑ That's annoying. I've also been with them since 2018 with 75 Mbps service, and they recently raised prices from $35 to $50 a month. They sent an email crying about how their costs have increased so they had to jack us up by $15 a month, yet the long term rate for new subs (not promotional rate) is $40? I can understand a promotional rate being low and then everybody gets the same long term rate, but why are the new subs getting a better long term deal than the people who've been with them for a while? Way to f*** over your existing subs.

Exact same email I just got, which is why I switched to Fido. When I called to cancel, they asked why; I told them because they increased the price by just shy of 50%. Good to see that new signups are getting good deals; guess the CRTC reversal wasn't as bad as they thought.

I am on 75mb/s and it really sucks so bad right now. Getting 8mb/s - 30mb/s and it's 8:42pm EST. It looks like I will be switching to Fido or something in the next week or so. This is getting ridiculous paying $50.84 for awful internet speed. Brutal

wartune123 wrote: ↑ Not gunna lie, carrytel used to be amazing or at least your 1st yr.. but the price increase overtime is pretty bad

Is their any ISP that doesn't/hasn't increased? With the CRTC bought off by the big guys, there's no competion. TSI, Start, Rogers, Cogeco, Bell all increase rates regularly. They only have promo rates to get you. Big guys are the worst with their "discounts" instead of total pricing.

Was with Carrytel for 5 years on the 100/10 package which had started at $40/mth and then became $50/mth after two increases. I left them for Fido after the 2nd increase happened within 12 months.

To each their own and I'm sure some people will be convinced by the rising costs argument and/or CRTC ruling argument (which to be clear, does impact, but it's not the be-all end-all people make it out to seem). Bottom line for me is that trying to raise the price the way they did is not smart and shows your motive on your sleeve too much. While their profit margin isn't thin, but let's say for the sake of argument it is, then you should offer "Hey, I can keep you in the same speed and increase your price or cap your internet or lower your speed and keep you at the same price". That gesture would at least speak towards being considerate, especially of those who have been long-standing clients to you, especially for a smaller player in the market. Instead they opted for the cellphone provider model, which is fine, they made their choice.