Local business owners were invited to view a presentation to the Town of Magrath by Axia. Their packages are comparable to current telco, cable, satellite offerings in price but with much faster speeds for uploads and no caps on monthly usage. Much faster speeds are available as well if needed - but at higher monthly rates of course. If you may be interested in signing up (1/3 of town required to express interest for them to consider building here), you can enter the Order Now form on their website. Plans as low as $59/mo for residential and $99/mo for business with 25mbps up/down all fibre optic internet (on 2 yr contract plus install fee). Many attending very excited at the prospect.
Table above prepared by R Davies of SSDirect in Oct 2015 from online offerings on the corresponding websites. If Axia would consider waiving or reducing the setup fee as an introductory offer, there would be no comparison (imho). Even with the initial setup fee however, the increased capacity more than offsets that for some, especially in the residential pricing. Aside: My business cable internet plan offers 'up to' 30 mbps down and a meager 2.5 mbps up with a monthly cap at 300gb .. and a fixed IP for about $90/mo. I could do much better with Axia.
Note: offerings from these companies are subject to change. The information above was compiled as of Oct 2015 from axia.com, telus.com, shaw.ca, and xplorenet.com ignoring temporary initial offers. You may be able to get a reduced introductory rate or enhanced/bundled services or hardware by playing one against the other. Personally I dislike the notion that my neighbor may be getting a secret deal not available to everyone - that should be illegal in my way of thinking. Note as well, that Axia provides only the internet. Some bundled services you get from the competitors may need to be set up from other sources or acquired independently. For example: email@telus.net or @shaw.com or even @agt.net will no longer work if you switch companies - you would have to switch to something web-based like gmail.
And finally, I really don't see the justification for business vs residential rates, except that a business can write off expenses. The Axia presenter tried to justify the difference in an enhanced service level for business customers - but it doesn't make sense to me .. if everyone is promised 99.9% up time, the rates should be the same for everyone. And that is my opinion on that ..
/rdd
Note: offerings from these companies are subject to change. The information above was compiled as of Oct 2015 from axia.com, telus.com, shaw.ca, and xplorenet.com ignoring temporary initial offers. You may be able to get a reduced introductory rate or enhanced/bundled services or hardware by playing one against the other. Personally I dislike the notion that my neighbor may be getting a secret deal not available to everyone - that should be illegal in my way of thinking. Note as well, that Axia provides only the internet. Some bundled services you get from the competitors may need to be set up from other sources or acquired independently. For example: email@telus.net or @shaw.com or even @agt.net will no longer work if you switch companies - you would have to switch to something web-based like gmail.
And finally, I really don't see the justification for business vs residential rates, except that a business can write off expenses. The Axia presenter tried to justify the difference in an enhanced service level for business customers - but it doesn't make sense to me .. if everyone is promised 99.9% up time, the rates should be the same for everyone. And that is my opinion on that ..
/rdd
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