Comments on: Rogers Portable Internet

By: debbie

debbie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:54:42 +0000

..IF THAT’S THE CASE, CAN I GET ONE?

By: debbie

debbie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:53:53 +0000

…the ad says it’s FREE

By: debbie

debbie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:49:08 +0000

..what is the internet sticker..I seen the ad on t.v.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:41:49 +0000

It looks like a WiMax tower is already up (but not yet running) in Fall River, Nova Scotia (up on the hill behind the Sobeys). I visited the site the other day and is has an Aliant sticker on the door. Since they already have a huge cell-phone tower about 1km away, I’m guessing that this new tower must be for WiMax.

The fibre optic cable is still coiled up on the pole just short of the building. So I expect that they’re just a week or two to turning it on.

By: Jarusoba

Jarusoba — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:39:34 +0000

My home is out of the coverage area but because I’m at the top of a hill, I could get a signal. However, the Rogers people didn’t want to sign me up because my home address is outside their coverage area. After speaking with the supervisor explaining to him that I had tried it and could get signal, he still didn’t let me sign up! I used a fake non-existent address in the covered area and a PO Box for billing and I succeeded.

The service was as advertised in most of the time. But usually in the evening, it can slow down to a stand still because I guess the more users there are, the slower the speed. I have no complaints because my previous internet provider charged me almost $200 a month for satellite service and it sucked. Now with Portable internet, I can at least get a more decent speed and can use VOIP and webcam.

I heard that the tower only can support 10M of traffic and each user is capped to 2M. I hope Rogers can increase the bandwidth. From my house, I can access signals from two different towers. I’m wondering if I subscribe to two services and use load-balancing router, whether I can get more bandwidth and speed? Anyone can give me any advice?

By: Michael Petrucci

Michael Petrucci — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:06:39 +0000

I’ve been using Rogers Portable for a few months now, and I can definitely confirm and attest to the fact that the upload and download speeds are LOWER than those publicized. I can sit here on internetfrog and post all the proof all day long, BUT,,,, it is a great portable solution and that kind of makes up for the bandwidth issues…..

Speed Test Results
Download: 116,352 bps
Upload: 44,496 bps
QOS: 10%
RTT: 155 ms
MaxPause: 3641 ms

By: Rogers’ WiMAX bait and switch — Alec Saunders .LOG

Rogers’ WiMAX bait and switch — Alec Saunders .LOG — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:11:32 +0000

[...] Saturday I took advantage of Rogers 30 day moneyback guarantee and returned the Rogers Portable Internet WIMAX modem I wrote about last week. The reason for returning it boiled down to value. I purchased it hoping to be able to [...]

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:18:04 +0000

Thanks Larry – 30G is the right number. And yes… I’ve run into a few festers… we’re heading to Concordia tomorrow for the family day with the kids.

By: Larry Borsato

Larry Borsato — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:39:43 +0000

Capped at 30 Mb download in any month? Do you really mean thirty megabits, or is that a typo?

Welcome to town by the way. I’m in Waterloo. Just watch out for the Oktoberfesters…

By: Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:25:48 +0000

Alec – The service is somewhat weather dependent, but I rely on it for my cottage access. I have peaked around 2.5M down and 400K up, competing nicely with my urban cable modem service! Right now, Speedtest is showing 1661K down and 246K up in the rain.

It is a great solution for suburban roaming and rural access.

Happy holiday!