{"id":278323,"date":"2010-02-04T19:58:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T00:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/04\/got-a-need-for-internet-speed-move-to-vancouver\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T19:58:37","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T00:58:37","slug":"got-a-need-for-internet-speed-move-to-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/278323","title":{"rendered":"Got a Need for Internet Speed? Move to Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you find you just can’t get a fast enough Internet connection, you might want to look for an apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia — a local ISP there named Novus says it will soon launch<\/a> the continent’s fastest Internet service, offering 200 megabits per second. Unfortunately, the company’s service only covers certain apartment and condo buildings.<\/p>\n

As DSL Reports notes, Novus (which is backed by Terry Hui, chief executive officer of B.C. real estate developer Concord Pacific) and Calgary, Alberta-based broadband provider Shaw have been engaged in a race<\/a> to see who can provide the fastest connection for the lowest price.<\/p>\n

After Novus started promoting super high-speed service to certain buildings in Vancouver, Shaw began offering its Vancouver customers dramatically cheaper deals on access, such as 15 megabit-per-second service with a 100 gigabyte cap for just C$9.95 ($9.38), something that would normally cost as much as C$60 a month from some providers.<\/p>\n

The two companies have also been at each other’s throats in the courts, with repeated claims and counterclaims about marketing statements, culminating in a defamation lawsuit<\/a> by Shaw related to some marketing material produced by Novus. So it’s not just mobile broadband providers like AT&T and Verizon that are duking it out<\/a> to see who can claim they are the fastest\/most reliable, etc.<\/p>\n

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