[!LittleDragon]

The big companies are pretty much the same so unless you need a decent upload speed, just get what gives you the best bang for the buck. Shaw couldn't give me a decent upload speed so I went with Telus 5 years ago.

I run ownCloud and Plex so I can watch my stuff at the gym and at my gf's place so the 10mbps up from Telus is nice. More than likely to go with Telus fiber when it's available in my area. 150 download and upload. Shaw only manages 15 up on their 150 package. Not sure if it's a limitation of their technology or if they're intentionally keeping it low.

For most people, upload speed isn't a huge deal but taking hours to throw a few gigs of photos to Dropbox wasn't acceptable to me. Having fast access to my data/media is important to me. Not really a fan of either company but Telus gives me what I need.


Another thing to note, cable connections may slow down during peak times if you're in a populated area. Gf's connection takes a dump down to 3mbps when people start coming home from work in her building.
One of our companies at Lonsdale Quay was on a 200mbps Shaw connection and we'd get calls everyday around lunch that it's unusable when other companies in the area are all surfing the youtube on their lunch break. We switched them to a 25mbps MPLS connection and piped the internet through the main office and it was much better.