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Telus TV - Is it worth making the switch?

UPDATE: August 2009 Telus has been really pushing Telus bundles including their Telus TV. I've seen lots of advertising. Trust me, Telus bundles are worth investigating! I'm saving big money and so can you.

So far so good:

I set up the appointment for Telus TV install. I was a bit frightened at the timeframe which would be anywhere from an hour to four hours for a Telus TV install. Yikes! I was a bit worried about my wiring and whether they were going to renovate my apartment to get this Telus TV up and running. I guess depending on your house or apartment, you could be in for a long installation process for Telus TV. Having said that, you aren't paying for the labour so who cares.

Telus TV service guy showed up on schedule and took about 45 minutes to set it up. I live in Vancouver BC in an apartment and no extra jacks were required for my setup. In my 2 bedroom apartment, I have a TV setup in a bedroom and living room and luckily both rooms have telephone jacks. Telus internet is already setup in the bedroom.

Overall Telus TV was painless for the installation step. The Telus TV serviceman did the necessary wiring for my computer which means I have a couple small router units now. No big deal and perhaps by now, you will get an all-in-one router unit so you won't have the mini stack like I have. The bottom line is, Telus internet was running seamless after the Telus TV installation, or so I thought...

The first night of Telus TV. Yipee... I thought. Let me say the service guy did something to one of the telephones and the bedroom phone is dead. Great, another call into Telus to setup another service appointment. I'm easy going, so I wasn't sweating over this small glitch. So pre-Telus TV I had 2 working phones, after Telus TV I had one working phone. I bold another call into Telus because calling Telus will be a regular occurance over my first few days with Telus TV.

Everything seemed okay at first. Then it happened. Buyers remorse I believe is what it's called. I was so impressed with the Telus bundle and the savings, that I jumped without looking. I thought everything would be fantastic with Telus TV, faster Telus internet and cheaper Telus bundle for my phone. The first night with Telus TV was interesting to say the least!

Here's what happened. I was downloading and noticed something odd. I was so excited about getting faster internet because I was going from 1.5 to 3.0 MBPS which should double my downloading speed. However, this wasn't what I was experiencing with my Telus internet post Telus TV installation. My download speed was half as fast as it was before the Telus TV was installed. Oh no what have I done! I quickly jumped onto message boards and did some googling about Telus TV and Telus internet speed. Could it be that my Telus internet speed slowdown was related to my Telus TV? I had to find out. You know how it is. Use the internet to hear other consumers experiences about a certain product or service BEFORE you make a decision.

Continue Reading My Telus TV Review - Page 4 - Buyer's Remorse