Telus or Shaw

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Doug

Ok I see Anthony. Thanks. I was talking with them today. They are checking to make sure its available in my area, as its a new address. I also talked to Shaw.

what ever telus says they'll give you, write it down and then call shaw and they will beat it. a friend went back and forth between them about 3 or 4 times and got a sweet deal out of shaw.

Steve

[t-rex]

When I moved into my new place I decided to try telus. Less than 24 hrs after the service technition left my internet would stop working lag or reboot. The TV froze. I called to ask for someone to come look at it the lady said there was nothing she could do for some b.s reason. I called back and they said it would be 2 weeks before they could come. So I ripped it right out of the wall and went for shaw. Thay came same day never had one issue and I got a bunch of channels free. ( I knew the tech and he hooked me up nicely)

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[StirCrazy]

Ok so I just went on the telus website.

for me to get what I have with shaw it is 133 for the first 6 months then 181 a month after that on a 3 year contract. yes you get a new laptop of x box so a 300 buck value that they make you pay 400 back of you don't finnish the contract, and its not prorated even if there is 6 months left in the contract you pay the whole amount (ask my daughter).

so that is 798.00 for the first 6 months and 5430 for the rest of the contract, so a total of 6228. for 3 years shaw costs me 5940.

so I really don't see where people are getting this "I saved so much money".

as for people in other places talking about speed, its useless info especially since telus' speed is dependent on how far from the "hub" you are. and if Doug buys where he is thinking Telus Internet will be crap, and optic tv. everyone in my area is switching back cuz of the problems telus cannot fix due to the distance and that place is even farther.

Steve

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

For each of us, it really depends on what type of deal you're able to sign up with and what services/packages you're interested in. Compared to what I had with Shaw and what I now have with Telus is far better & less expensive. Of course I'm in a major metropolitan area so that would be different from where Doug or some other members might be.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

For each of us, it really depends on what type of deal you're able to sign up with and what services/packages you're interested in. Compared to what I had with Shaw and what I now have with Telus is far better & less expensive. Of course I'm in a major metropolitan area so that would be different from where Doug or some other members might be.

Ya agreed Anthony. We may in the center of Kamloops or if we can sell what we already bought, , out where Steve is talking about. I imagine its satellite out there. Hopefully some type of decent internet connection though.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Doug

Ya agreed Anthony. We may in the center of Kamloops or if we can sell what we already bought, , out where Steve is talking about. I imagine its satellite out there. Hopefully some type of decent internet connection though.

naa only a couple Km from me. there is shaw lines out there. got to go a lot farther befor you need satalite LOL.

I wouldn't call the other place the center.. would be the north edge, but ya a lot closer to down town.

Steve

[Madmak]

I totally had it with the satellite providers, way to pricey and crappy service, Bell especially. I had Shaw phone and it was ok, as was their Internet so I recently bundled the EXO HD TV with Broadband 50 Internet and basic phone. The new Arris system is cool. I think this is the best package and pricing I've had for years for these services. I don't mind paying a fair price for these services but Bell TV was over $160/month alone, that's robbery. Of course the retention departed could give me anything I wanted but it was too late. So far I am a fan of Shaw and the EXO stuff.

[rynoe]

I think it depends on who you talk to. I was with shaw for 6 years and had just about everything you could get with them. I was unhappy with some service I was getting so phoned and threatened to go with telus and was told to go right ahead so I did.