10 year deal

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August 24, 2024

Rogers has just sign a 10 year deal and agreement with Comcast Xfinity to bring new

technology to Canada. Could this have something to do with the increase of the additional entertainment set top box .

Rogers had put $500 million into building their own IPTV system, but couldn’t wait as the competition was ahead of them. Now everything Comcast does Rogers has to follow suit.

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Personally, I am not a fan of this deal. Comcast is far behind with their technology, which cements Rogers following that same path. Just look at the upload speeds on their highest tier internet oackaged. 200Mbits up is sadly laughable! The XB8 modens have one 2.5Gbit port, limiting the rest of your wired devices to not being able to take full advantage of speeds over 1Gbps.

I am not going to get into the details of how poorly the compression is for Comcast's TV services are but it sure isn't great for the viewer.

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Rogers had a choice, in my opinion they went down the wrong path, now Canadians and subscribers are stuck with it.

But there are choices and alternatives!!

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How many are leaving Rogers when this increase for additional entertainment boxes goes into affect.? How many will use another provider? And will you start using different options and alternative ways for you and your family to watch TV on a second, third or fourth TV in your home with the technology available to the consumer?
Instead of paying for renting these boxes per month.