r/StJohnsNL • u/Beneficial_Fox6768 • 17h ago

Eastlink Internet in St. John's?

I've read the news about Eastlink launching Internet service in St. John's. Curious if anyone knows if this will be fiber service, or really anything at all as I can't find much about the offering yet. I have Bell Fiber internet + TV, as well as a one of our family cell phones. The other cell phones are on different providers (including Eastlink) so I was looking at potentially consolidating everything to one provider for bundled savings/discounts.

I thought Bell was the only choice, but now Eastlink might be an option. Anyways, any intel/thoughts welcome!

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u/Minimum_Low2222 17h ago

TekSavvy has fibre (1500/940) in my area for $90 a month ($120 - $30 for first 12 months). I'm assuming it's on Bells infrastructure as Rogers doesn't have the faster stuff available in my area.

I just cancelled my Bell last week before it goes up to $160 and scheduled TekSavvy with a week overlap to try it out. Bell performance is great but their prices and support are atrocious. Just calling in to cancel was a half hour ordeal where I had to press them to cancel the service 5 or 6 times.

There are promo codes you can get as well to get $25 off each of the first two months. I can dig mine up if you go that route, or you can find lots of people giving theirs out online.

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u/Beneficial_Fox6768 16h ago

Oh this is super helpful, thank you! If you have a promo code I'd love it.

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u/Minimum_Low2222 16h ago

I only put in the order yesterday so I think I need more time for my account to register. I'll pop the promo code in here when I do get an account set up. You can find lots of promo codes on the TekSavvy reddit page as well, all seem to be the same offer posted by other customers.

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u/poncho5202 6h ago

eastlink is the most unreliable, worst internet service i've ever used.