FiberOp Landed in Hanwell

The doorbell rang at 9:30 am and there on my doorstop stood two Bell Aliant installers ready to switch my Internet and TV to FiberOp. My kids yelled, “Are these guys going to fix the TV from freezing?”, were my five, seven, and nine year old kids more excited than I? It was almost like in 1998 getting Vibe all over again!

I did like Rogers TV but always felt the Rogers Internet was throttled and shaped to the point it limited my Internet usage flexibility (I work from home so I am not a standard home Internet user). I did not like the Rogers “modem” for their Ultimate service, the web interface was clunky and slow. Plus after Rogers locked us geeks out of the advanced tech features of the modem (even if you bought the modem) really ticked me off. The Bell Aliant web interface is simple and fast, maybe a little overly simple for me. The DHCP configuration does not have enough configuration features for my needs (so I run a different one) but for “normal” Internet user it is just fine.

Quick Notes: I found on Rogers if you were doing massive downloads that used many concurrent connections (hmm what would that be?) it would degrade Skype and other services that required a constant bit rate, but on FiberOp that does not happen.

Bottom Line
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Bell Aliant TV, all I can say kids love it because it does not freeze and my wife likes an accurate PVR. I have not had a chance to watch enough TV or give the PVR a test, but I will report on that soon. But I did discover a new channel called Treasure HD, which is a real treat.

Bell Aliant Internet – Rogers fastest upload is 2 MBPS where as Bell Fibre OP is 10+ MBPS, you do the math. I enjoy the faster uploads on FiberOp as my new hobby is photography and sharing home videos, so uploading it important.

BTW: The installers where super nice and I was super nosey, but they put up with me!