Netspectrum: “”Their main deal is the installation of antennas, towers, receivers, etc… they will, I understand,be servicing Restoule Park with high speed service in the very near future. It appears that they offered Restoulians internet service initially because no other internet provider was ready to offer it to our area.”"

And there still isn’t…

“”Netspectrum, I learned, is the company that installs the tower and home equipment for internet providers like Ontera”"

One thing that needs to be made clear is Netspectrum is not going away and all others like Ontera are just re-selling their service. That is why they (Netspectrum) OWNS the tower, the system and your home equipment. You will never see an Ontera tech come to your home to do the wireless broadband install.

Ontera will make a couple of bucks off of each subscriber they sign up and since they don’t offer any broadband wireless themselves in the area, it is just another revenue stream. The same goes for Vianet; all services with the exception of dial-up are simple reselling for the likes of Bell (DSL), Rogers/Cogeco (Cable Modems), and Netspectrum (wireless).

So when you switch to Ontera you will still be using the Netspectrum system, which I might add like Vianet; Ontera will have no direct control over the main wireless system and that’s why Vianet is “trying” to resolve the bandwidth issue and not simply resolving it!

And this is also why Ontera is “trying” to get Netspectrum to move their gear onto someone else’s tower (Bell).

What is the purpose of erecting towers everywhere and spending millions of the taxpayers dollars in the first place? Surely, there are cheaper technologies like SPOT offered by Rogers Cable to make people feel safe… Safety is not the same thing as convenience…

“”Some Restoulians have been a wee bit upset with the lack of weekend and evening tech service offered by Net Spectrum (their internet service provider). I hear (from a reliable source) that the level of service will not change because Netspectrum really isn’t into providing internet service .”"

Netspectrum is a “division” of Spectrum 2000 Group, a wireless radio company based in Sudbury Ont., their focus is selling and servicing mostly Motorola two-way radios for communications.

http://www.spectrum2000.com

They are NOT experts at IP networking, security, or application servers. Netspectrum resells wireless broadband internet access as does Vianet, and others on behalf of the Spectrum2000 Group.

What Netspectrums’ and the reseller’s (Vianet, Ontera, etc) users really need to be concerned about is the lack of security both on their wireless systems and on their application servers (email, etc).

I’d be curious to see what speeds the folks in Restoule are getting from Netspectrum/Vianet, I would encourage users to use the http://www.speedtest.net tool (which is excellent) to test the speed of their connection. Please post your results for all to peruse. I will be shocked if you are getting what you are paying for each month.

Oh ya Bell does offer wireless broadband services in many areas, they use WiMax instead of Wi-Fi. What Bell seems to be doing is going to all of these areas serviced by Netspectrum and once they have a subscriber base, Bell will come in and offer competing services…

DB

If you want to be Bell Canada, you have to do a better job than Bell Canada. If not, you are the same, if not worse…

Review by xplornetbtch See Profile
UPDATED: 47 days ago
member for 351 days, 6 visits, last login: 44 days ago

[From] p2a3j7
[Contract] $49 per month (12 month contract)
[From order to live] about 10 days
[Positives] “When it’s up, you get what they say you will get 1.5 down 500 up.”
[Negatives] “Been quite a bit of down time. Towers are linked to North Bay Ont.”
[Bottom Line] “Up north It’s the best deal going. Xplornet sat service is only other option.”
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Cost 150.00 for install.
You don’t buy the gear or rent it.
They will charge you 60.00. If when they come and get a signal and you don’t sign up right away.
They have to drive 60 miles to the tower or 100 K’s from North Bay.
There is no modem in your house. just a power pack with a eithernet connection.
The modem is in the pannel outside.
Their web site is a joke. Worst I have ever seen. They don’t even have a pic of the pannel they put outside on the house.
When you call tech support there is no waiting. Best of all you are on the line with a person. No phone prompts.
Not many people are on the service.
1.5 down,500 up.
If the power goes out on a tower you are linked threw to North Bay and Hydro goes out. Your service is down even though your local Hydro is on.
They have no backup generaters on the towers and up north the power goes out quite a bit.
Thye tower is only 100 feet high and quite a few people close to the tower can’t get service.
The are taking off the panels on the tower and putting on an extention.
Stay tuned for an update on service when thats done. Tech said that will be happening over the next 2 weeks.
http://www.netspectrum.ca