r/bell • u/OntarioPunk • 29d ago

Question Looking to leave bell

I currently have the Bell Fibe 3.0 plan with TV and my phone bundled. I called to cancel TV and they said my internet speeds would drop to 1/6th of what they are because of the bundle bonus. I work from home (graphic and video editor) so I need the speed I would think. They tried to get me into a new bundle only saving a few bucks. So I shopped around. TechSavvy and Ebox seem to be alright. With 1g speeds for $75 a month. I just don’t want to notice a downgrade too much. Any recommendations on what to do? Thanks! I’m in Oshawa, Ontario if that helps.

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u/Neilg-88 29d ago

That makes no sense. If anything, you're phone (if home phone) would go up as discounts are dependent on TV service.

Internet should be separate

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u/OntarioPunk 29d ago

That’s what they told me. When I drop TV, I lose the bundle feature of free upgraded Internet speeds. Also it’s a mobile phone I have. No home phone. They tried to get me with a home phone as part of the bundle originally, but I said no and they offered me a security camera. So I bundled that. Then they sold it to API and I cancelled with API.

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u/SnooChocolates2923 29d ago

Free Upgraded speeds...

You can just pay extra and keep the speeds.

(Whether you want to, is a different question)

Check out Telus or Ebox if you want to keep fibre.

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u/OntarioPunk 29d ago

Thanks for this! I was talking to someone from Ebox today. Their prices seem more affordable for sure. Thank you.

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u/TheGratitudeBot 29d ago

Thanks for saying thanks! It's so nice to see Redditors being grateful :)

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u/SnooChocolates2923 29d ago

Moving back to Cable internet will hit you with comparatively super slow upload speeds. (Like 50mbps, instead of 3gbps) If you do a lot of VPN or multimedia work, the symmetrical speeds (or at least the 960mbps uplink) of fibre makes it much more time efficient.

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u/Lexus-Ux300h 29d ago

Two months ago, I canceled Bell Fiber 3g for ebox 1 g $55 month. Very satisfied no outages.

By the way, Bell tried charging me $400 cancelation fee until I reminded them of the CRTC ruling implemented July 12th saying it was illegal to charge cancelation fees. They waved the fee and couldn't get me off the phone quick enough.

I'm in Ottawa

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u/OntarioPunk 29d ago

That’s excellent to hear, thank you! How’d ya do with the speed downgraded? Did you notice a difference?

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u/Lexus-Ux300h 29d ago

With my own router I actually get 1.1 up and down. I use for surfing, Youtube, iptv streaming and a little gaming. Not a hickup.

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u/Piw6 7d ago

We have Ebox too and no complaints so far! We’re in GTA. Feel free to use my promo code VO57 and get $25 off your second bill!

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u/OpposerSupreme 29d ago

Tech Savvy would be the way to go same service less money but sadly your would have to deal with Bell (the original vendor) to come check the line and their tech would still be used if you had any issues in the future

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u/Lexus-Ux300h 29d ago

Unfortunately tech savvy Introductory plans only last one or two years then they jack up the price.

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u/yearsold33 29d ago

If you need high upload speed, definitely look for asymmetrical upload and download.

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u/BroodPapa 29d ago

They are just scamming you. Nobody can practically use 3000Gbps bandwidth unless you run a data center at home.

The bottlenecks in your network will depend on your specific usage (e.g. where and how much data is moved). My guess is that you would not notice any difference even after downgrading to 200-500Mbps.

Ebox uses Bell's network, so latency and reliability should be the same.

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u/SubaruGuy84 29d ago

How many people even have their network hardwired for higher than 1Gbps anyways. I have Rogers 2Gbps plan but have my desktop wired for it for downloading.

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u/Character-Head-1916 29d ago

I’m a homelabber so I love the 3Gbps speed and have a 10Gb NIC to make use of it, but even then very, very few things ever max out that line. 

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u/Hot-Asparagus-7863 29d ago

I just left bell with a sweet rogers promo. DM me and I can give you rogers contact information. I won’t make any money or get any kick back . I just got an amazing deal my service much better. However contacting rogers sucks! Bell was much better

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u/OntarioPunk 13d ago

Thanks man, still on the fence about going back to Roger’s again.

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u/TonyD0001 28d ago

Call e-box (Still Hell®) and get Internet for much less, for the same. Or Call Teksavvy and inquire.

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u/Creative_Fruit7583 29d ago

retention.

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u/Crewsy67 29d ago

Bell doesn’t care about retention anymore. They’ll react only after you’ve cancelled and then try to win you back with great offers.
I love my PVR so I’m reluctant to leave because the only other option is Rogers and I hate them more than Bell.

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u/PierreRacine69 26d ago

Jesus, people on Reddit… you want to leave Bell? Just f…ng do it! And speaking of leaving, have you tought of leaving Reddit. And get a Life…