tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28152846244817269042024-03-13T14:22:35.198-04:00ADnet in AlgomaThis blog was created to keep stakeholders aware of ICT activities in the Algoma District. Disclaimer: This information is for information purposes only. It is not a recommendation or endorsement of any company or organization. THe Author does not receive compensation from the vendors or manufacturers mentioned in the articles. Financial and technical references are considered accurate at the time of publication and are subject to change.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-20498870740905749682018-05-19T22:06:00.000-04:002018-05-19T22:06:57.988-04:00New Xplornet LTE Service<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-CA">The material in this post is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered in any way an endorsement or recommendation of Xplornet or its services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the middle of 2017, Xplornet has built around 70+ towers in Northern Ontario in the area stretching from Manitoulin Island to Timmins and Including St. Joseph Island and the Goulais River area, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of 19 May 2018, the Xplornet website indicates the LTE fixed wireless service is available in the Goulais postal code area (P0S 1E0) There is no similar listing for St. Joseph Island. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5/1 Mbps<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LTE 10/200<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a terrestrial service and should not be confused with the Xplornet satellite service. According to Xplornet documents, they use fibre optics or m/w wireless to provide backhaul connectivity to the Internet backbone. There is no indication what is being used in Goulasi River.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-59351132397359746772018-05-12T11:11:00.000-04:002018-05-12T11:11:19.822-04:00OEB Increases Pole Attachment Charges For Telecom <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know that the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) can have a direct impact on what you pay for your Internet and cellular service in the province of Ontario? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The OEB is the agency responsible for the setting the rates that power (hydro) companies can charge telecommunications companies to attach wires and cables, including traditional copper cables and fibre optic cable. to the poles owned by the power companies. Note that most cellular sites have a backhaul terrestrial connection that relies on power pole lines to carry the link.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In March 2018 the OEB approved a new provincial wide charge of $43.63 per pole/per attacher [SIC]/per year. The old rate of $22.35 was set in 2005. The power utilities had asked for an increase to $52.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The CRTC is the regulatory agency that controls the cost of third-party attachments to Bell Canada poles and their current rate is $12.48. (Why do I think there are a bunch of rate clerks beavering away in the Bell backrooms preparing an application to the CRTC for a rate increase.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-8409090318047356232017-02-07T17:04:00.000-05:002017-02-07T17:04:13.744-05:00Searchmont Bell Site Active<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those not yet aware of it, the Bell
cell site located at the Searchmont Ski Resort is now active. It is configured
to handle the full range of HSPA and LTE voice and data service utilizing the
700 MHz, 800 MHz, and 1900 Mhz bands. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The site has four sectors meaning antennae
are optimized for four quadrants as opposed to the three sectors or
omnidirectional used at many other northern sites. Quite often sites that
provide highway coverage may only use two sectors along the direction of the highway.
Obviously, the use of more sectors provides more efficient coverage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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site also provides a full range of <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Cell_phone_plans/Turbo-Stick-and-Turbo-Hub-data-plans">data
hub service</a> including the BWI5/WI5F through the Station Mall Bell store.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-60878937190140545792017-01-10T12:06:00.002-05:002017-01-10T12:06:55.975-05:00Current Deferral Account Names<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was looking at my Bell Wireless Internet 5 (BWI5) contract agreement the other day and noticed Bell is now referring to the service as Wireless Internet 5 Flex. (WI5F) </span><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-31333264208015109282016-02-06T21:30:00.000-05:002016-02-06T21:30:01.358-05:00SIgned Up for the New BWI5 (Deferral Account) Plan<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally got around to upgrading my Bell Wireless Internet 5
(BWI5) Deferral Account service this week. As an existing customer
I had to phone billing at 1-800-667-0123. If you are a new customer you need to
deal with direct sales. Of course you can always deal with your nearest Bell
Store or agency. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole process took less than 10 minutes. I wasted a large
part of that time working my way through the abomination of voice response interfaces
that has become the most common method used by companies in the name of efficiency
to annoy potential customers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having survived the voice response torture, I got connected to a live agent immediately with no wait. He
confirmed my identity, to his satisfaction anyway, and he provided his name and
Bell employee number for my records. We were off to the races. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stated I wanted to upgrade my current BWI5 plan to the new
<a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-bwi5-deferral-account-price.html">Wireless
Internet 5 Flex plan</a>. After about 20 seconds he said I qualified for the newer
service, which is really a modification to my existing data caps, and since I owned
my own NetGear MBR1516 data hub he would sign me up for the 30 day, no contract
rate starting at $48.95 for the basic 50GB data cap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under my existing plan I was getting 45 GB for $42.95 per
month with overages charged at $2.50 per GB. To match the 100 GB data cap included
in the new BWI5 Flex plan as calculated under my existing plan, it would cost
me $42.95 for the included 45 GB plus $137.50 for extra 55 GB at $2.50 per GB
for a grand total of $180.45. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My household of 2 adults has the following hardware authorized to access the BWI5 data hub, not necessarily </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the same time: - 3 laptops, 1 desktop, 2 Android tablets, 2 Android smartphones, and 1 video security camera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admittedly, in the 18 months I had my existing plan, I never
went over the 45 GB data cap according to Bell. However, to achieve this I carefully
restricted my video and other streaming uses. When I did use the services, I set the
parameters at the lowest reasonable definition – usually 240 if it was available. I do subscribe to NetFlix but mainly use it when travelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He offered me the option of changing to the new service immediately
with the cost difference between the two plans being pro-rated for the remainder
of the billing period, or making the change at the end of the current billing
period – in my case the 20<sup>th</sup> of the month. For personal reasons, I opted
for the end of the billing period date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We reviewed the total package. I accepted it. And that was
it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would be interested in hearing from anyone using the ZTE MF275R
data hub in the BWI5 (Deferral Account) configuration. I am particularly interested
in hearing about the download and upload speeds the unit is providing and any
settings such as the APN at the web user interface level. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-1319451721377632142016-01-16T20:28:00.000-05:002016-01-16T20:28:04.773-05:00BWI5 General Info and Maps Jan 2016<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The purpose of this post is to provide general background
information about the boundaries within which a user has to live to be eligible
for the Bell Wireless Internet 5 (BWI5). It can also act a reference post to respond to various I receive, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BWI5 is the marketing name being used by Bell Mobility to
provide the service funded by Deferral Account money as authorized by CRTC. The
CRTC gave the final authorization after nearly a decade of legal appeal which eventually
reached the Supreme Court of Canada (SOC); regulatory appeals which included a
direct appeal to the Governor-in-Council (i.e. the federal cabinet through Industry
Canada) and public hearings chaired by the CRTC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell first provided information about BWI5 in late July
2014. Since then there has been at least three changes to the price structure
and data caps with incremental increases in data cap and minor changes of the
basic price in each iteration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Information about the latest price structure and data caps as
of Jan 2016 can be found at <a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-bwi5-deferral-account-price.html">this
post</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the requirements to be eligible for the BWI5 service offering
is the user must live within a designated Deferral Account area. The maps below
indicate the Deferral Account areas in the Algoma District. However, I am aware of users who do not meet this
criterion who are receiving the BWI5 service. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell Mobility is the lead BCE subsidiary for BWI5. Unfortunately,
I cannot find any information about the BWI5 on the any BCE website. BWI5 can be ordered through Bell Mobility
direct sales </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8px;">at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8px;">1-888-466-2453 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or through the Bell store in SSM. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Goulais DA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Wawa DA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Echo Bay DA</span></div>
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St Joseph Island DA</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-23369946787856544632016-01-15T11:54:00.000-05:002016-01-15T11:54:01.626-05:00New BWI5 (Deferral Account) Price Structure Jan 2016<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The BWI5 (Deferral Account) is now offering a new price
structure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again there have been major changes to the BWI5
(Deferral Account) service offering by Bell Mobility. Starting as low as 50 GB
for $48.95, up 100 GB is now available for $63.95 plus taxes. It is a data flex
type plan where the basic price is increase over two additional tiers only when
your usage exceeds the limits in each tier.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As usual with announcements concerning the BWI5 (Deferral
Account) program, there is no information available on the Bell websites. News
of the amended service is being spread by word of mouth through users, stores
and blogs like this.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following details have been confirmed by contacts at
Bell Mobility in Toronto:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Applicability</u></b>: Users must meet all the residency requirements
of the BWI5 (Deferral Account) plans i.e. installation and use location within
a Deferral Account area. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Editorial Comments:
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<ol>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am
aware of users that use a billing address outside a Deferral Account area;
a claim of seasonal residency seems to be the common approach. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am
also aware of users who do not live within a known Deferral Account area that
are receiving BWI5 (Deferral Account) pricing by being able to convince
Bell Mobility. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am further
aware of users that have transported and used their data hubs outside its
normal registered Deferral Account area and have not been charged any
extra charges contrary to the policy BCE expressed to the CRTC when seeking
approval of the Deferral Account plan. </span></li>
</ol>
</ol>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Data Hub Requirements</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:
the new prices are applicable with all three data hubs currently in use with
the BWI5 (Deferral Account) plan, depending on when you signed a contract or
purchased your data hub: the original the </span><a href="http://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/NETGEAR-MBR1516-Turbo-Hub" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;">NetGear MBR 1516</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (external port and antenna
available), the interim </span><a href="http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/4G-LTE-HUAWEI-B882-Turbo-Hub" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;">the Huawei B882</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (no external antenna port)
and now the </span><a href="http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/ZTE-MF275R-Turbo-Hub" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;">ZTE MF275R</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (no antenna port but has battery
backup). If you are a new customer you will need to either acquire a data hub from
Bell Mobility or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Price Structure</u></b>:
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Data hub provided by Bell: ZTE MF275R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two year term basic rate: Up to 50GB - $53.95</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to 75 GB - $58.95</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to 100 GB - $63.95</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than 100GB - $4/GB</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User owned data hub or BYOD</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 30 day term starts at $48.95 with 50GB of data </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to 75 75GB - $53.95</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to 100GB - $58.95</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than 100 GB - $4/GB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Speeds:</u></b> The 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload limits still applies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently Bell Mobility is allowing existing contract customers
to pay off the time reaming on their contract and switch to the new plan. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the new plan is not identified as a “promotion”, as
the interim was, Bell Mobility would not indicate how long it would be available. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-55734843121780785512015-11-13T12:08:00.000-05:002015-11-13T12:08:05.305-05:00BWI5 (Deferral Account) Speed Problems - Check This Post<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In
about mid-August of 2015, I started to get fluctuating download speeds on my
BWI5 (Deferral Account) service. At times the download speeds tested as low as
.95 Mbps.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
was after I reported in <a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.ca/2015/08/are-data-caps-new-rural-internat-divide.html">this
blog post</a> of 10 Aug 2015 how steady the download speeds were for the past
12 months in spite of the growth in the number of users.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
slow down occurred at a time when the LED on the front of the Netgear unit went
from green to blue, the receive signal strength went from around - 84 dBm to around
-67 dBm, and the operating mode changed from HSDPA/HSUPA to LTE. Common logic would indicate that these
changes would indicate a better quality of service. Unfortunately, it had the
opposite effect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After working
a few weeks with my Bell contacts, we may have identified the problem and come
up with a solution for folks using the Netgear 1516 router. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After the last software update to the Netgear router,
the HSPA (WCDMA) band does not play well with the LTE Band. That means that
people like me who are located roughly where the signal from the LTE site, even
though it is slightly farther away, overwhelms the HSPA signal and creates
havoc. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The same software upgrade disabled the ability for a
user to disable a particular band on the Netgear router. After the upgrade, it
seems the 700, 800, 1900 and 2100 bands are being treated as equal and the
router decides which the best signal is. It seems the router is selecting the
700 band even though the installer aimed the external antenna at the Pine
Shores tower. This site does not have a LTE capability. However, the back lobe
on the antenna looks at Buttermilk and I assume this is where the LTE signal
that comes into play originates.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A tech provided the following info and asked me
to try it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“New update of Netgear 1516 removed option to disable LTE </span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In cases where clients coverage
is borderline HSPA / LTE and experiences drop connections or difficulty
connected disable LTE and test </span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
Type the address below:</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
<a href="http://192.168.0.1/WWAN_gband.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://192.168.0.1/WWAN_gband.htm</span></a> </span></i></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
From there you have the option to Enable/Disable Frequency Bands</span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
Disable the MBR1516: LTE B17 band (700 MHz)”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Note by Hermes: You need to sign
in using the input you normally use to access the router web page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I did as requested and even went one-step
farther and disabled all bands except the 1900 band, which is the only band in
use at the Pine Shore tower. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> All the speed tests are now
back to normal with speeds well above 5 Mbps. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am not sure if you can do a similar
thing with the Huawei router but one can check with Bell tech support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the moment, all is good in
BWI5 land for me. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">J</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-50396884611217804172015-11-10T16:42:00.000-05:002015-11-10T16:42:05.322-05:00CRTC Reports Average Data Download Per User<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis"><span lang="EN-US"><b><u>Intro</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The CRTC released recently their annual Communications
Monitoring Report (CMR) for 2015, which covers the data collected over 2014.
One can find an executive summary of the report at <a href="http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/policymonitoring/2015/cmrre.htm#ex">this
link</a>. This page in turn has links to the complete report and individual sections.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis"><span lang="EN-US"><b><u>Average Individual Data Usage</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">For a number of years, I have been publishing the growth
of the average data downloads. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">For 2014, the CRTC is reporting, "the</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US">average</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"> monthly amount downloaded by residential subscribers increased 49%
between 2013 and 2014 to <b><u>66.5 GB per
month</u></b>, and an average of 46% annually over the last 5 years, indicating
that Canadians are likely using more video content and other high-bandwidth
consuming services. Uploads have also increased 43% in 2014, reaching <b><u>8.6 GB per month</u></b>.</span>" <a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Monitor%20Report%20%202015.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>This totals 75.1 GB for
data usage billing purposes. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">(For comparison, it was only in 2009 that the CRTC CMR
reported the average total data transfer was 15.4 GB per month.)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Except for users on the basic terrestrial services of
Bell, Eastlink, Shaw or Rogers, the chances are their monthly data download
quotas cover this average CRTC identified download activity. If it doesn't, the
terrestrial ISPs offer an upgrade option at a reasonable price which in most
cases can double the download limit, enough to cover the download limit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">It is the user reliant on cellular wireless (mobile
wireless) such as BWI5 (Deferral Account) or Data Hub flex Plans that are paying
a price for the trend towards more data usage. Most of these plans have basic
data caps that do not meet the 75 GB data transfer usage identified by the CRTC
based on input collected nearly a year ago. If the current trend continues and
all indications are that users will continue to use more data transfer than
ever, the totals will grow in the 40% plus range. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Fixed wireless (Canopy users) may be slightly better
off due to unlimited data usage but pay the price with speeds way below the advertised
speeds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The bottom line is that non-terrestrial based systems
are not providing an adequate or acceptable level of service for users in
suburban, rural or remote areas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-12840580402119640912015-08-29T11:49:00.000-04:002015-08-29T11:49:26.722-04:00NightShift - An Application To Make Xplornet Netflix Viewing Better<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long time readers will realize that I seldom provide links
to third party value added applications or commercial offerings. However, occasionally
I find out about something that I deem may be of value to broadband (high
speed) Internet users in the Algoma District. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My colleagues at <a href="http://www.northlandconsultants.ca/">Northland Consultants</a> recently
sent me a link to an application and product I feel may fit my referral criteria. The product is called <a href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/aterlo-networks-netflix-nighshift/">NightShift</a>
and applies to users who are still stuck with Xplornet satellite service as
their primary means of connecting to the Internet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The concept of NightShift is that it uses a WiFi router and
memory stick to download and record Netflix shows during the unrestricted off-peak
hours. The product site claims that once recorded, the show can be played back as
HD without buffering. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a monthly charge for the service but some users may
find it worth the cost.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-6564740777484462962015-08-10T16:02:00.004-04:002015-08-10T16:02:55.610-04:00Are Data Caps the New Rural Internat Divide<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complaints about broadband
(high-speed Internet) in the Algoma District area have quieted down
considerably over the past year. I attribute this mainly to the activation of the
Deferral Account services have come on line under the marketing name Bell
Wireless Internet 5. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as I can tell, there are
about 300 subscribers to the service spread over the five areas covered by the program.
As to the service itself, all
indications are that the Deferral Account network can handle the load. I have only
heard one or two complaints about dropped connections and speed degradation but
they are rare. I am glad to see that even with the growth in the number
of users, the Deferral Account service is consistently delivering downloads and
uploads that is in excess of the CRTC/Industry Canada 2017 target of 5/1 Mbps. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had to remind some people
that they should do a data hub/router/modem reboot on a regular basis to clear
out the "corporate memory" that is built up over time as this can
negatively affect speed. I recommend every two weeks. It could
require action more often depending on use. This action appears to
resolves speed and connectivity problems people have contacted me about. Recent
third party studies have found that poor wireless LAN performance and congestion
at major Internet peering points can be a major cause of slow network speed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The major draw back to the Deferral
Account (BWI 5) service is the data cap. Latest statistics show a huge
increase in the average webpage size in the past 5 years: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nov 2010 = 626 KB;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May 2012 = 828 KB;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> May 2013 = 1246
KB;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Nov 2014 = 1935
KB.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One can attribute much of this
increase to growth in the use of images and video. Video's contribution to the
data cap overload is insidious as in many cases website "designers" are
causing videos to start automatically upon page download. In addition, it is common
practise for the video to default to the data hungry HD standard. I have
carried out various local tests that indicate it is possible to reduce a
daily data usage in the multi-GB range by controlling the display of video. In
many news and technical sites that I access, the sound track from the HD video
is almost identical to the written story on the webpage. You can get the information
without huge hit to the data cap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This means that routine web browsing
can cause a significant hit to data caps. Of course, the other major hit to the
data caps is the growth on popularity of the streaming video services such as
Netflix, Crave and Showmi. User numbers for all three streaming services
continue to grow in an almost exponential manner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The use of cloud-based services
can also cause a user to burn through a data cap quickly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, Deferral Account (BWI5)
users have to monitor their data usage.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Many of these challenges do not exist for users with terrestrial connectivity with the availability of large or unlimited data caps. </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-66527691113950272092015-06-30T15:49:00.000-04:002015-06-30T15:49:59.711-04:00BWI5 Service Package Still Available.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had reports
that the Internet links to the Bell Wireless Internet 5 (BWI5) pages only work
intermittently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A search of the Bell
website fails to turn up a link or indeed any reference to BWI5 or the Deferral
Account connectivity. It is as if the service package did not exist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I have received
confirmation from Bell that as of 30 Jun 2015 the BWI5 service package is still
available for delivery in the designated Deferral Account areas - namely Echo
Bay/Laird, Goulais, SSM-Airport, St. Joseph island and Wawa.
Interested parties can order the service via Bell direct sales at
1-888-466-2453. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-47823651350406725722015-06-04T17:06:00.002-04:002015-06-04T17:06:29.604-04:00Submission to the CRTC About the Deferral Account Program.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A reader submitted a
comment to the blog entry "<a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.com/2014/08/bell-now-taking-deferral-account-sign.html">Bell
Now Taking Deferral Account Sign Ups 22 Aug 2...</a>" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel the link in the comment is of such value that it is
worthwhile publishing the comment as a separate blog entry in addition to publishing it in the comment section of the targetted blog entry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the comment
in full including the link. Be forewarned, the complaint in the link runs to over
25 pages plus annexes and contains a very detailed history of the Deferral
Account saga.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It appears that Bell is either hiding, or has
not completed the rollout of the program despite reporting "mission
accomplished". </span></span></i></div>
<i><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have complained to the CRTC Case ID 701360</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A copy of the complaint can be found at the link below:</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwEjDkzP4A3qfmExTlNwMUdUTk54N0U3RzlSZTgzaHJBYmtrRDR3NERHNnFRZDY1Rml6dlU&authuser=0" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwEjDkzP4A3qfmExTlNwMUdUTk54N0U3RzlSZTgzaHJBYmtrRDR3NERHNnFRZDY1Rml6dlU&authuser=0</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) on
behave of the Government of Ontario has published a “Proposed Occupational
Authority for Communication Towers and Associated Infrastructure in Lake
Superior Provincial Park” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published in the Sault Star on 22 May 2015, the notice
identifies Bell Mobility as the telecommunications proponent and lists three specific
locations: a) Gargantua Road b) Coon
Lake and c) Sand River Road. The locations shown on the map below are approximate as the exact latitude and longitude of each site was not listed in the public announcement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Pictures of similar designs
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The closing date for public comment to be submitted is 22
May 2015. The principal contacts are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matthew Milligan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Advisor, Real Estate and Government Relations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell Mobility</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tel: 905-282-2778</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e-mail: <a href="mailto:matthew.milligan@bell.ca">matthew.milligan@bell.ca</a>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob Elliott</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Superior Provincial Park Superintendent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ontario Parks, MNRF</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">705-856-2284 ext 2225</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e-mail: <a href="mailto:bob.elliott@ontario.ca">bob.elliott@ontario.ca</a>
</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-753783808289198982015-03-17T16:17:00.000-04:002015-03-25T19:34:46.469-04:00New BWI5 (Deferral Account) Price and Service Structure<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It did not take long for Bell to adjust the price and service
structure for the Bell Wireless Internet 5 (BWI5), the name of the service provided
in the Deferral Account areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The major changes are in the hardware, the data caps and the
basic costs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. The </span><a href="http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/4G-LTE-HUAWEI-B882-Turbo-Hub" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">4G LTE
Huawei B882 Turbo Hub</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> replaces the 4G NetGear MBR 1516 Turbo Hub;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. The new data cap is increased to 40 GB monthly from
20 GB with the option to add an additional 20 GB per month. I received
confirmation from Bell that the 20 GB usage insurance will remain at $10.00;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">c. The basic service is now $49.95 (plus taxes) per
month on a 2 year term, an increase from $41.95. There is no reduction if the user
buys the Turbo Hub outright.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As per the usual Bell practise, the new terms are only being
offered to new subscribers only. (In Bell-speak, a new subscriber usually means
a subscriber who has not had a similar service from Bell within the last 3
months.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the original BWI5 service, this new service is only available
on a direct sales basis from Bell Canada at <strong><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">1-866-668-9104.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"> The local Bell Stores do not handle this product line.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The qualification to receive BWI5 service remains the same i.e.
one must live in designated Deferral Account area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Details can be seen on the <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Bell_Internet/Promotions/Wireless-Internet-Promo#EXT=MOB_off_vanity_betterspeeds_mass_091814_TM_EN">Bell
Internet Promotions</a> page</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-17958327110248974042015-02-20T15:25:00.001-05:002015-02-20T15:25:59.550-05:00BWI5 Available to Both Private and Business Users<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There appears to be some confusion as to whether or not the Bell
BWI5 (Deferral Account) service is available to business users as well as
private residences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell has confirmed to me that the BWI5 service is indeed available
to business users provided the business is located within a designated Deferral
Account area. The standard BWI5 speeds and data caps apply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If a Bell Customer Service Representative (CSR) claims
otherwise or refuses to enrol a business user, ask to speak to Supervisor Rose Tacconelli
or phone her at <span lang="FR-CA" style="color: #17365d; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">905 282-3587. </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-69125116008983724332015-02-09T13:47:00.000-05:002015-02-09T13:47:18.635-05:00Licensed Cellular Frequencies and Modes<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When cellular telephone service in Canada went main-stream two decades or so ago, there were only three frequency bands that consumers had to worry about; namely, 800 MHz, 850 MHz and 1900 MHz. Each vendor operated on its own band and used difference technology modes: - CDMA, GSM and PCS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although there were multi-band and multi-mode phones available, most users opted for a single band, single mode configuration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the start of 2015, thinks have changed drastically. There are three nationwide carriers and numerous regional carriers that operate their own infrastructure networks. There are also carriers that have licenses to operate across the country but for economic reason have chosen to build out infrastructure only in selected areas, usually high density and thus high demand urban areas. They use roaming agreement to provide service to their customers outside the operators’ home areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The technology side has advanced to the stage where most carriers are operating their networks using the two major modulation schemes: - HSPA and LTE. Basic CDMA will be a dead technology in Canada long before the end of this decade. There is no indication at the moment that GSM and PCS will be shut down soon but things can change quickly and with short notice in the fast moving cellular industry. .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User demand has forced the agency responsible for spectrum management in Canada –Industry</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canada (IC) - to dedication more of the radio spectrum to
cellular service. This is usually done in coordination other national agencies
in order to ensure interoperability. For example there are specific agreements on
frequency use along the Canada-USA border with particular attention being paid
to First Responders frequency needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of today’s hardware can handle numerous frequency
bands and both of the common modulation schemes. However, there is a
significant amount of fairly new hardware still in use that can handle only
HSPA modulation and have limited frequency capability. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following table summarizes the more common frequencies
bands currently in use, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Band Name</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Abbrev</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Frequency <sup>1</sup></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mobile Broadband Services<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MBS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">700
MHz<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iDEN <sup>2</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IDEN<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">800
MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cellular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CELL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">850
MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Advanced Wireless Services-1 Up/Down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AWS-1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1700
MHz & 2100 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Advanced Wireless Services–3 <sup>3<o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AWS-3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1755
MHz to 1780 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2155
MHz to 2180 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personal Communications
Services<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PCS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1900
MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Advanced Wireless Services-2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AWS-2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.9pt;" width="217">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1915
MHz to 1920 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1995
MHz to 2000 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2020
MHz to 2025 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" width="319">
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wireless Communications
Service<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" width="102">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broadband Radio Service <sup>4</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2500
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1 These
designations are a shorthand terminology to identify the various bands in
everyday discussions. The actual operating frequencies may vary and in some
case be outside the frequency ranges noted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-stretch: normal;">2</span><span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -0.25in;">iDEN - </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -0.25in;">Integrated Digital Enhanced Network. This is a
press-to-talk</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> design that
operates like a walkie-talkie network.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3 Auction scheduled
for March 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4 Auction scheduled
for April 2015</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note there is no direct correlation between bands and modes. HSPA and
LTE can operate in any of the bands. Frequency bands are normally allotted as
paired or unpaired frequencies across a specific bandwidth measured in MHz that
varies from 5 to 30 MHz. A paired frequency
allows the use of part of the frequency band for download and part of the bandwidth
for upload. There may be numerous paired
bandwidths within a frequency band. This allows a number of different vendors
to operate without interference in the same band. It also allows IC to allot
specific parts of a band to specific carrier classifications such as national,
regional, new entrants, etc. This was most recently done in the 700 MHz band auction
and will be done in the upcoming AWS–3 auction in March 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most bands also have one or more unpaired frequencies. Traditionally, these
unpaired frequencies were used as one way broadcast networks or occasionally combined
with another unpaired frequency in another band to provide two way communications.
LTE-TDD (Long Term Evolution-Time Division Duplex) can use these unpaired
frequencies to provide broadband service. The FWA (3500) band is currently
being used by vendors such as Bell and Xplornet to provide broadband (high
speed) Internet to rural and suburban areas. In the Algoma District Bell FWA is
available in the Elliott Lake and SSM-Airport (Prince Township) areas. This service is considered an Internet service and not a cellular service. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-25262871726461123102014-11-18T12:26:00.000-05:002014-11-18T16:08:03.391-05:00St. Joseph Island Resident Successfully Engages Bell<div class="MsoNormal">
Paul Gregory of St.
Joseph Island has given me permission to release the story of his recent
dealings with the broadband primary vendors who serve the area. For the most
part I have let Paul tell the story in his own words.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note that Paul followed
the four P's of dealing with any telecom company - be Persistent, be Polite, be
Prepared and be Persuasive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is his story.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Before
the new Bell towers went in I had a Rogers rocket hub which got a very poor
signal. I had the 20 GB for $90 data plan but my speed was roughly 0.1 to 0.5
Mbps. Not really a broadband net connection at all. It was just painful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
contacted Rogers by phone and explained that I was paying for a service that
they were not providing at a speed which was acceptable. They did a little
technical work and told me that I was roughly 13 km line of sight from the one
and only Rogers tower in Desbarats<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> that my
hub could connect to. The technical guy was frankly surprised that I got
any connection at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To
be fair to Rogers they did offer something of a solution. They offered to
buy me out of my remaining Rocket hub contract ($90 cancelation fee) and cover
the deactivation fee ($12.50) if I returned the hub to them at my cost. I
jumped at the chance and since the Bell towers were just coming on line I
headed down the station mall to the Bell Store with high hopes of getting the
same $90 for 20 GB deal but with a better signal (and therefore speed)<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
specifically told Bell that I was looking to use this hub as my sole fixed
physical Internet connection point and that I wanted the cheapest, fastest and
largest data plan that they had available. I was told that the Flex 60 plan was
the best that they had on offer. So on 23rd Sept 2014<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> I signed
a two year contract and took home my new turbo hub. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">All
was as expected, I got great speed (11 Mbps peak with consistent 10.5 Mbps) and
it was basically night and day with the dross signal that I had been dealing
with from Rogers. However I burned through 36 GB in 15 days and could feel a
big overage bill heading my way! About $180 in overages costs in 15 days. Not
sustainable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then
my next door neighbour told my wife that he had got a flyer in his post box
about some new Bell Internet deal. I didn't get a flyer. If he had not told my
wife that he did I would have been none the wiser about Bell Wireless Internet
5 (BWI5) even today. Trust Bell to keep the customer informed as to the best
available deals open to them...<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So
I rang (416) 807 1498 and spoke to a girl called Mina who told me about a
secret data plan<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and hub that was not available through the Bell Store network and was not
advertised on the Bell website. When I googled Bell Wireless Internet 5 I got
some information about Bell Fibe 5. It was clearly not the product that she was
talking about. I only half believed that she even worked for Bell. The whole
thing just felt too good to be true. Could this be a con to get my MasterCard
number?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anyway,
I ordered a hub and paid full price and went month to month on the data plan.
It arrived about 12 days later and booted up without issue and worked
straight out of the box before the tech could even come out and fit the
external antenna. Without the antenna I got a great signal, with the antenna
better still. But the speed was only 5.5 Mbps. Was somebody throttling
me?<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> More
phone calls to Bell led to the conclusion that that was the case. I was
essentially being offered a trade off. 11 Mbps and prohibitive cost or 5.5 Mbps
and 40 GB for $50. This is a no brainer for my situation. So much so that I
ordered a second BWI5 hub and data plan to match the first. 80 GB for $100
would do the job and I could live with the speed (in the absence of any real
choice). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now
what about this two year contract for the hub and Flex 60 plan that I don't
want, should not have been sold in the first place and I have no intent on
using further as it is way too expensive?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
felt I had been mis-sold but I could see this going either way. Bell might make
me eat the cost of everything or they could come good and cover the whole thing
and apologize for making such a poor job of selling me the right product. Guess
what happened next. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On
the first round of phone calls I was getting nowhere. I had signed a contract
and the Bell store employee had advised me as best as his training and
knowledge allowed. On the next round of calls they could see my point of view
and were prepared to 'meet me half way' and let me cancel the Flex 60 and keep
the hub (it was no use to me as it does not work with the BWI5 data plan) but I
would still need to pay half of the contract cancelation fees ($~90). I took
this offer and cancelled the contract. It was costing me $60 a month just to
have the hub sat in its box unused anyway. The quick a stopped the bleeding the
better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then
I made a third round of phone calls. This was breakthrough time. I got through
to a supervisor / manager (it is quite hard to understand the rank structure
within Bell) who could see that Bell were already on the back foot. They could
see that they had put me in the wrong product and were holding me to a contract
which made no sense for me to ever have been advised to sign. Maybe they could
feel a complaint to the CRTC pending. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
was told that if I returned the hub to Bell at my cost ($26) they would forgive
all of the remained cancelation fees for the Flex 60 plan and it would be like
it was all a bad dream. I said yes and got down the post office as quick as I
could. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
have yet to see the adjustments on my bill confirming that Bell have done what
they said they would. But I am hopefully that I have got myself into the
right and best available product for my requirements. Unless Bell are hiding an
even cheaper faster larger plan from us all in Algoma?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Fighting)
Bell is hard work and some might say that that is how Bell likes it. A
customer needs to be calm and persistent to get the best out of them. I
did not find ADnet until after I had made the third round of calls to try and
get some satisfaction from Bell. If I had found your site sooner I would have
felt less alone and better informed as to what was out there for
customers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>The nearest Rogers tower
is actually north of Bruce Mines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>A better signal is
only one of the factors that affect speed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>The BWI5 plan was available
at this time but not sold through the Bell Stores.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Many people did not
get the marketing material. Based on my discussions with Bell, I am very suspicious
their database is not very accurate. I was told they are using Google Maps as a
primary source. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>I believe secret is
too strong a word; poorly advertised and poorly explained to local Bell Store
CSRs. There has been stories in both the national and local media as various
times over the past ten years. Nevertheless, I believe Paul is correct in implying
that Bell did not want the rate package to become well known at a time when
they were charging other clients using the same infrastructure up to 10 times
as much.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Paul%20Gregory%20of%20St%20Jo.doc#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Yes the service is "throttled"
but is "throttled" in accordance to the speed stated they would
provide for the BWI5 service. True throttling would occur if Bell throttled
the speed below the 5 Mbps. See the CRTC regulations on traffic management
practices.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-35872665451694223492014-10-21T10:46:00.001-04:002014-10-21T10:46:38.758-04:00Connecting Canadians - Digital Canada 150 ISP Application Process<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The federal government announced on 15 Oct 2014 that eligible Internet
Service Providers (ISP) can now apply to extend or enhance high-speed Internet<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
service to areas in need across the country. As part of the Connecting
Canadians initiative, the target of the subsidy program is to connect 280,000 homes
to the Internet.<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
See <a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.ca/2014/07/federal-connecting-canadians-program.html">this
blog entry</a> for basic information
about the program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interested ISPs have until 12 January 2015 to submit their applications.
Industry Canada (IC) expects to make the first announcement of successful
applicants in the spring of 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ISPs can receive up to 50% of eligible project costs for expenses in rural areas and up to 75% for expenses in
remote (Far North) and Aboriginal communities.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the IC release, "<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Successful ISPs will
be expected to provide services at speeds of at least 5 megabits per
second (Mbps) to Canadians in rural areas of the country that currently have
slower access and 3 to 5 Mbps in the satellite-dependent communities
served under the northern component of the program." While likely not the
intent of the program, this seems to leave out areas that do not have any
access. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Industry Canada also
released an <a href="http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/028.nsf/eng/50016.html">application
tool kit</a> (ATK). The ATK contains all the necessary background and
application information need by the ISPs to prepare their submissions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ATK provides excellent templates that require the ISPs to provide
detailed information about their proposals in the areas of (1)Internet Service
Offerings (2) Network Capacity and Equipment (3) Project Budget Costing (4) Broadband Subscriber Estimates (5) Environmental
Assessment Screening and (6) Lobbyist Declarations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I were preparing a
RFP (Request for Proposals) or RFI (Request for Information) for Communications
and Technology (ICT) services, I would definitely consider adapting these
templates into my document. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A review of the
actual application document leads to interesting observations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The application
identifies the following as potential solution types : <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) Cable (2) DSL (3)
Fibre (4) Satellite (5) Mobile Wireless (6) Fixed Wireless (7) Other <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The definition of
what the applicant proposes to deliver is rather loose in that it does not
indicate whether the speeds mentioned are burst speeds, consistent speeds, peak
time speeds or any other parameters and metrics that ensure a superior quality
of service. In the Internet Service
Offering template, a column heading uses the term "Advertised Speed".
I consider this avoidance of a more definitive identification of the speed that
an end user may expect a lost opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the quote
from the application form.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The applicant must demonstrate that the proposed
technological solution will support broadband<a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
connectivity, defined as speeds at least 5.0 Mbps download and 1.0 Mbps upload
(3.0 Mbps download and 512 kbps upload for the Northern Component) to
underserved households in the underserved area. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">"A settlement certified by a project technical
authority confirming the ability of the technological solution to deliver the
minimum download and upload speeds is required to meet this eligibility
criterion."</span></i><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Similarly, the
application allows the IPS to establish their own data caps in their proposal.
In many of the sample cases the data
caps are far below the average monthly downloads as identified in the in the
annual CRTC Telecommunications Monitoring Report referenced <a href="http://adnetinalgoma.blogspot.ca/2014/10/crtc-communications-monitoring-report.html">in
this blog entry</a>. At a time when the
projected increased in data transfer by users is increasing at a two-digit
rate, these cap limits are rapidly becoming unrealistic. A more realistic approach would require applicants
to commit to tying their data caps to the annual CRTC statistics. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a section in
the application which addresses the five-year outlook and scalability that asks
the ISPs to describe how the network will handle forecasted network capacity
including additional subscribers and usage traffic, enhanced services and the
network's ability to adapt to increased speed demands. However, there is no
mention of data caps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maps are available
for download on the Connecting Canadians website that purports to show what areas
identified with "households that do not have access to service at 5 Mbps."
I have serious reservations as to the accuracy of the information associated
with these maps. It is a fact that many of the areas in the Algoma District identified
as unserved have access to terrestrial based service in excess of 5 Mbps. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, the application
process looks comprehensive from a business perspective. I would like to have
seen more stringent technical parameters for the proposed service. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>While the CRTC implies
a distinction between high-speed and broadband, IC appears to be using the term
as all-inclusive for anything that is not dial-up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>This is a bit
misleading in that the program will provide the infrastructure necessary to
allow access to the Internet. At this time, the cost of actually connecting to
the Internet such as set-up charges, routers and modems if required and computers
are the responsibility of the individual. In others words, while this program
may address some of the physical digital issues, it does not seem to address
the economic divide issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="file:///F:/ASUS%202%20Laptop/Documents/BB%20Project/Blog%20Material/Drafts/DC150%20Application.doc#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Back to broadband -
not high-speed. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-42484894450194111412014-10-01T11:06:00.000-04:002014-10-01T11:06:08.110-04:00CRTC Communications Monitoring Report 2014<div style="background: #F9F9F9; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 8.65pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released
information on the telecommunications sector from the <a href="http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2014/cmr5.pdf">2014 Communications Monitoring Report</a> on 25 Sep 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
is an annual report covering multiple aspects of the Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications sectors. The
report is filled with data and statistic that only a nerd could love. Nevertheless
it does contain some gems of wisdom which may be of use and interest to readers
of this blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One striking
statistic is the huge increase in the average GB downloaded and uploaded
per residential Internet subscriber between 2012 and 2013. Only a few years ago
the total were in the range of 12.3 GB (2008) and 14.8 GB (2010). These are the
latest figures:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2012<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2013<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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Download<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">44.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">57.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Upload<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">11.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">33.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">50.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Source: CRTC </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2014 Communications
Monitoring Report - Table 5.3.0)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One can only expect this trend to continue as the use of
video and audio streaming to deliver Internet content continues to expand.
Another source of data increase are constant software updates that may require repeated
downloading of the same material for each appliance attached through the same
modem or hub. For example if you have four computers in a residence, which is not
uncommon, the infamous Microsoft Tuesday updates are downloaded four times and
each download counts against your data cap.</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The report contains figures that some users may find useful. They show how long it takes in hours for a specific application to use up a monthly data cap. </span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, a wireline connection watching Netflix at a "low"setting can use up a 100GB cap in 263 hours. Increase the Netflix setting to "Super HD" and the 100GB cap is reached in 91 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For mobile broadband (data hub or smartphone) connections which usually have a lower cap and slower speed than a wireline connection the figures differ. For Netflix in "Auto" mode a 5GB cap is reached in 14 hours while You Tube in "HD-720p" mode a 5GB cap is reached in 4.2 hours. (Note: these are only examples and actual usage rates may vary but not substantially.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.25pt;">The original version of these figures can be found in the </span><a href="http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2014/cmr5.pdf" style="line-height: 17.25pt;">CRTC Monitoring Report</a><span style="line-height: 17.25pt;">, pages 189 and 190. The report is in .pdf format so the figures can be enlarged. (The figures below can be enlarged by using Ctrl-Plus sign and returned to the previous size by using Ctrl-Minus Sign.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 23px;">(Source: CRTC </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2014 Communications Monitoring Report - Table 5.3.11)</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-5949682758020285472014-09-26T16:11:00.001-04:002014-09-26T16:11:39.741-04:00Deferral Account Marketing Material <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have all the Deferral Account areas' potential users received their direct mail marketing material from Bell yet? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am also interested if anyone living outside the areas shown on <a href="http://www.adnetalgoma.ca/DA%20Summary.htm">these maps </a>received a direct mail brochure.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-27730642561387531242014-09-23T14:14:00.000-04:002014-09-23T14:14:48.532-04:00Deferral Account Marketing Flyer<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bell
marketing flyer for the Deferral Account plan or the Bell Wireless Internet 5 (BWI5)
in Bell-speak arrived in my mailbox today. It had my full mailing address on the front. This
fact comes into play when identifying eligibility for the BWI5 package; see
more below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The marketing flyer
had a website link as <a href="http://www.bell.ca/betterspeeds">www.bell.ca/betterspeeds</a>
and a phone number as 1-866-809-7060. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
website is nearly identical to the marketing flyer. One difference is the
marketing flyer has the following note printed on it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Available to the recipient
of this letter with the identical address.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As indicated in previous blog entries, if you received a marketing flyer in your mailbox, you are definitely eligible for BWI5.If you do not receive a marketing flyer within a week or so, you may have a challenge on your hands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found
it interesting the Bell is targeting Xplornet as the competition in this marketing
campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The marketing flyer does state that an "External antenna is required." However there is no reference as to whether or not there is a cost for the external antenna. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had my external antenna installed today and there was no charge for either the antenna hardware or the installation. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-4720039921034724562014-09-20T11:47:00.000-04:002014-09-20T20:45:05.158-04:00Deferral Account Price Structure from Bell Mobility<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have now received additional clarification from
Bell Mobility concerning </span></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">he Deferral Account program </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">plan price structure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms. Rose Tacconelli,
a Bell Mobility Consumer Direct Sales
Help Desk & Escalations Supervisor provided the information. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A major revision of a number of the Bell Mobility
rate plans in the July and August this year lead to confusion amongst the staff
which resulted in the wide range of responses received from the Customer Service
Representatives (CSR), particularly the Overage Insurance coverage costs.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2815284624481726904#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell Mobility calls the Deferral Account price plan <b>“Bell Wireless Internet 5.”</b> It can be
ordered by calling 1-866-466-2453 (auto answer options 1,1,1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Details of the plan are listed below. None of this information is available on the Bell.ca website.:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is available on a 2 year term or on a 30 day
term.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #17365d;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span> - </span></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">2 year term the price plan will cost $41.95 per
month or $37.95 per month with the Bell Bundle <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2815284624481726904#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">[2]</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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month or $32.95 per month with the Bell Bundle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan includes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">20 GB in basic plan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">$4/GB for data over the basic 20 GB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">Optional add-on $10/20 GB (This option is the so-called
insurance. If you take this option you will be billed each month regardless of
the amount data used.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">Speeds up to 5Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">No activation fee for 2 year term<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">$29.95 activation fee on 30 day term<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">$79.95 for the Turbo Hub on a 2 year term<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">$199.95 for the Turbo Hub on a 30 day<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">- Includes an external antenna installed by Bell contractor at no charge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 12pt;">If you run into
problems ordering the plan, call Ms. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Tacconelli. She normally
works Monday to Friday 09:00 am to 5:00 pm. Her direct phone number is 905-282-3587.
(Unfortunately, she does not have a toll free direct number.) She will ensure
you are connected with a CSR who has received additional training on the Deferral
Account plan. If necessary leave a message. I found she is very good about getting
calls returned. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2815284624481726904#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <span style="color: #17365d;">The situation was exacerbated
by the fact Bell Internet, a separate division from Bell Mobility, has a <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Bell_Internet/Extra-Usage-plans">different set of Overage Insurance offerings</a> that does include the $5.00 for 25 GB option. (The
fact that Bell Mobility and Bell Internet have completely different sets of
overage rates is a separate discussion.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Only one Bell Mobility item allowed per bundle. i.e. you cannot have both a Bell
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-29801255155367379172014-09-18T16:40:00.000-04:002015-07-24T11:24:20.591-04:00Bell Fixed Wireless Coverage in SSM and Elsewhere<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bell has expanded its
Fixed Wireless Internet (FWI) service to include the Sault Ste. Marie (SSM) area.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THIS IS A DIFFERENT SERVICE FROM THE DEFERRAL
ACCOUNT SERVICE. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bell FWI service operates
in the <span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F2F6F8; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">LTE 2.3/3.5 GHz range. It
provides high-speed Internet access</span> with up to 5 Mbps download
and 1 Mbps upload. It uses a 4G LTE Huawei B2268H Wireless Router that has
an external unit and an interior unit.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The basic monthly rate is $65.00 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">excluding taxes</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F2F6F8; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strike>The monthly data
cap is 10 GB with overages set at $10 per GB</strike>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <strike>There is also a one-time installation charge of $99.00. </strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">( As noticed 24 Jul 2015, data caps and one-time installation charges are no longer identified on the </span><a href="http://www.bell.ca/Bell_Internet/Products/Fixed-Wireless-Internet" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">webpage</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.) </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F2F6F8; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Styles/common/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/SaultSteMarie.pdf">projected
coverage area</a> for SSM.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F2F6F8; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other areas in the
Algoma District getting this service to date are <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Styles/common/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/Elliot_Lake_ON.pdf">Elliot
Lake</a> and <a href="http://www.bell.ca/Styles/common/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/Iron_River.pdf">Iron
Bridge/Blind River</a></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815284624481726904.post-68071555081853280372014-09-17T10:37:00.000-04:002014-09-17T10:37:25.922-04:00Antenna Installation for Deferral Account 17 Sep 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just received a call this morning from the Crossover representative and made arrangements to install my DA antenna next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First positive news in weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said he had another 8 orders to date for installs in the area.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4