08-19-2024 10:45 AM - last edited on 08-19-2024 11:13 AM by RogersMaude
08-19-2024 12:39 PM - edited 08-19-2024 12:40 PM
Recently, Rogers announced new speed tiers with some/many DOCSIS (Cable) Internet customers now able to get even higher download speeds and upload speeds of 200 Mbps.
As for the "Pro" designation, it looks like Rogers is now applying Ignite TV-style branding to Internet speed tiers. In my area, they do not sell 1.5 Gigabit anymore. We now get Starter 100 Internet, Essentials 250 Internet, Popular 500 Internet, Ultimate 1G Internet and Pro 2G Internet. Starter 100 gets 100 Mbps upload speeds; the higher speed tiers get 200 Mbps.
The Rogers product teams have also rejigged and renamed their Ignite TV bundles.
08-19-2024 01:44 PM
08-24-2024 02:46 PM - edited 08-24-2024 02:51 PM
While I am unable to speak to the theoretical differences between the two, I can speak to the practical differences between 1.5 and other lesser packages. The 250 is a better service.
Whatever plan you have currently, you will forfeit stability and be locked in without recourse to a plan that in no way delivers what is promised.
"Upgraded" to 1.5 5 months ago and it has been torment and constant criticism of dissatisfaction from all family members. Streaming on television lags and cuts out entirely. Internet connections are entirely dropped in mid online payments resulting in phone calls to credit card and vendors to ensure payment not processed.
If so inclined to frustration and being shorted on a contract where one party is in breach of commitments without recourse for the duration of the contract, then by all means, upgrade to the unreliability plan.
08-24-2024 04:55 PM - edited 08-24-2024 04:59 PM
@perineum : The speed of your plan should have nothing to do with the stability. Did something change in your neighbourhood or did you get a different modem/gateway? If the latter, then it may not have the same WiFi range, especially if the position changed, even a bit. Are you using your own router? WiFi can be affected by many factors - search the web for "slow WiFi" and read up on that.
Check out the following posts for additional information:
https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Internet/Slow-Speeds/m-p/510588#M75402
09-14-2024 09:29 AM
from the description of the offer, nothing really changes tho.
Both upstream and downstream look the same.