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Vancouver startup offering cheap gigabit Internet

article published on 7 July, 2013

OneGigabit, a new Vancouver-based startup, will offer fiber Internet speeds of one gigabit, equal to Google's pilot speeds in the U.S., and over 60 times faster than the average Canadian household. More importantly, the company will charge only $45 to $65 per month, with no bandwidth caps. It was recently reported that the average monthly Canadian Internet bill is $54 and the average ... [ read the full article ]

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Mysttic
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_ 		7. July 2013 @ 17:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Makes me wish I lived in Vancouver but with lucky hopefully they'll expand. It's utter bs what we pay in Canada, I have fibre so I one of the lucky ones, but I do pay out the tits for it. What they are offering is far cheaper than the crap I pay for.
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ddp
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_ 		7. July 2013 @ 19:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Mysttic, are you on bell?
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Jemborg
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_ 		7. July 2013 @ 22:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good on you mate.

We need this sort of perspective in Oz.



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bhetrick
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_ 		8. July 2013 @ 09:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds like good news for you guys up North.
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kutulu1
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_ 		11. July 2013 @ 22:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm with Bell and I constantly get nailed with overage fees. I wish there was more competition.
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aldan
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_ 		12. July 2013 @ 22:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wonder how many years it will take to get up here to the sunny okanagan.oh well,cant complain too much about shaw.
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