{"id":6418,"date":"2015-01-29T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T04:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/?p=6418"},"modified":"2015-01-29T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T04:43:07","slug":"seeing-good-internet-access-deals-with-bad-consumer-reviews-shaw-reseller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/seeing-good-internet-access-deals-with-bad-consumer-reviews-shaw-reseller\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Good Internet Access Deals With Bad Consumer Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I kind of narrowed down some choices of Internet service providers here in the Vancouver area. For the most part, virtually everyone is still using the company Shaw cable\u2019s lines except everyone is charging their own rates. The drawback here is that if something is wrong with the service the reseller is basically helpless in doing anything until Shaw fixes it. The prices are super appealing though. For the Internet cable service with Shaw it is currently $67+ a month with its sudden rate increase.  As well, they are using this new plan where after six months you have to pay about $70 a month.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/seeing-good-internet-access-deals-with-bad-consumer-reviews-shaw-reseller\/shawinternetprice2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"214,303\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;windows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1422562887&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shaw Internet Price 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015-212x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6419\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015.jpg\" alt=\"Shaw Internet Price 2015\" width=\"214\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015-111x157.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shawinternetprice2015-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I was to go with its resellers, I could the get the service as cheap as $39.99 a month for the same thing and more as you can see here:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/seeing-good-internet-access-deals-with-bad-consumer-reviews-shaw-reseller\/ciktel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"704,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;windows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1422562713&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CIKTEL Shaw reseller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel-300x113.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6420\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel.jpg\" alt=\"CIKTEL Shaw reseller\" width=\"499\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel-155x58.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ciktel-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/seeing-good-internet-access-deals-with-bad-consumer-reviews-shaw-reseller\/lightspeed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"891,238\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;windows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1422562774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lightspeed Shaw reseller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed-300x80.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6421\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed.jpg\" alt=\"Lightspeed Shaw reseller\" width=\"498\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed-155x41.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lightspeed-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s interesting how much cheaper a reseller can be for virtually the same thing. One thing that did make me a little weary was all the negative experiences and reviews I have read online. It seemed like with the company CIK Telecom it has a lot of disgruntled customers. The other one I compared was from a company called Lightspeed and some of the stories of service speed wasn\u2019t too assuring. At the same time, it seemed like they both have the same type of complaints as dealing with Shaw directly.<\/p>\n<p>I was doing the math and if I was to cut the cable and go with a reseller I could literally save over $900 a year at least. One could easily use that extra $900 and subscribe to services like a Netflix to get additional viewing options as a result of cord cutting. The antenna seems fine too at the moment. I guess now it\u2019s about which one to take the risk with as the reviews seem very mixed in terms of customer support and service quality even though everyone is still using Shaw\u2019s cable lines. The journey to save money continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I kind of narrowed down some choices of Internet service providers here in the Vancouver area. For the most part, virtually everyone is still using the company Shaw cable\u2019s lines except everyone is charging their own rates. The drawback here is that if something is wrong with the service the reseller is basically helpless in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[5457,5254,860,5458,1920,5456,5460,5459],"class_list":["post-6418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-management","tag-ciktel","tag-internet-access","tag-internet-phone","tag-lightspeed","tag-shaw","tag-shaw-resellers","tag-vancouver-cable-service","tag-vancouver-internet-access-service"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0768-1300x866.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6VnHC-1Fw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6424,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418\/revisions\/6424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}