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Just curious on peoples experiences of westman high speed internet? I had it a long time ago, 10+ years, but switched to MTS because of capping issues. Is this still an issue with them? Do they limit your downloading? What is the speed like? I'm with MTS and find it has such lags and the pricing is getting to be a bit much for the service provided. Any insights you may have would be appreciated!

I switched from MTS to Westman just over a year ago. I found Westman is a lot more consistent and faster then MTS for internet.

We also switched from MTS to Westman about 5 months ago. Mts tv service was great but internet was terrible. It was so bad that Netflix on the smart tv would buffer even after we up graded our Mts internet. Westman is definately better for less money but not as fast as they claim or advertise. We found switching to Westman was worth it though.

Bellmts is slower vs westman. Bellmts also charges a lot more monthly vs westman.  
 
Just compare their stats on their website. I believe westman already has a comparison vs bellmts.

While westmans internet speeds might be higher than Bell MTS the issue with westman is that you rarely every hit the "up to" speeds westman say you will get.  
 
Westman uses an older style node system to share a network connection in a area of a couple of city blocks and when multiple users are online using large amounts of bandwidth (IE: streaming) Your overall speed at your house will drop.  
 
Bell MTS runs a dedicated line to your house with each line having its own network card essentially guaranteeing proper speeds. Does this always happen? No. Why?  
 
Strength of the router, interference from quite literally almost any device (fridge, AC, Home Phones, Personal routers Etc Etc)  
 
 
If you know anything about WiFi you know 90% of the time you wont hit those "up to" speeds. Even hard wired into the modem may not get full speeds, people need to realize that just if you have 50 MBPS service but also have 4 tv''s in the house, each TV is using some of that bandwidth up reducing your over all internet speed that you will see on a speedtest site.  
 
They are both essentially the same, pick you poison. Just like new vehicles, all cheap over priced crap just comes down to which brand you "prefer"  
 
Edited by Suckie, 2018-02-17 09:33:50

You sound knowledgeable on the subject. If you’re correct in saying that Westman doesn’t have dedicated lines and that you’re essentially sharing a line with your neighbors, I don’t know how they would keep up! Now a days everything seems to be online. If my MTS currently can’t keep up with just what I’m doing in my house, how does Westman do it with multiple households?

Up here in Dauphin, Westman would slow to a stop and take my main PC down. It would regularly, 1-2 times a week, completely not work. They had a log of the outages. One night, I was out for eleven (11) hours, their fault.  
 
It would take the landline phone out. They were constantly here. I was on the phone with tech, so much, I as on a first name basis.  
 
Switch to MTS, and, every single problem went away.

I have been employed as an installer for both companies. Westman internet is far better. I ran a speed test on every job and not only was westman almost always bang on what they sold, it was cheaper. Both companies would have troubles now and then and it isn’t always an easy fix. Although probably 90% of the time it was an issue with in the home wiring being old. MTS did seem to have more problems outside of the home.

Suckie said "While westmans internet speeds might be higher than Bell MTS the issue with westman is that you rarely every hit the "up to" speeds westman say you will get.     Westman uses an older style node system to share a network connection in a area of a couple of city blocks and when multiple users are online using large amounts of bandwidth (IE: streaming) Your overall speed at your house will drop.     Bell MTS runs a dedicated line to your house with each line having its own network card essentially guaranteeing proper speeds. Does this always happen? No. Why?     Strength of the router, interference from quite literally almost any device (fridge, AC, Home Phones, Personal routers Etc Etc)       If you know anything about WiFi you know 90% of the time you wont hit those "up to" speeds. Even hard wired into the modem may not get full speeds, people need to realize that just if you have 50 MBPS service but also have 4 tv''s in the house, each TV is using some of that bandwidth up reducing your over all internet speed that you will see on a speedtest site.     They are both essentially the same, pick you poison. Just like new vehicles, all cheap over priced crap just comes down to which brand you "prefer"     Edited by Suckie, 2018-02-17 09:33:50"

BellMTS has got worse. I do not use wifi and wifi is over the air radio, so that is why most electrical devices create interference, especially motors and CCFL lamps .  
Hard line/ fixed cable Ethernet is the way to go if you do not require mobility.  
Unfortunately where I am located I am still on BellMTS adsl and its is very slow the last year.  
We are only 10 minutes from Kemnay and MTS have acknowledged that the system is now strained.  
We have nothing else around here other than RFnow fibre which are starting to expand our way after the spring, so other than that options are very limited.

Jeffer83 said "You sound knowledgeable on the subject. If you’re correct in saying that Westman doesn’t have dedicated lines and that you’re essentially sharing a line with your neighbors, I don’t know how they would keep up! Now a days everything seems to be online. If my MTS currently can’t keep up with just what I’m doing in my house, how does Westman do it with multiple households? "

MTS and Westman use different equipment once inside the home. Westmans basic router is slightly stronger than MTS's 5168 router, the new Home Hub is very good for wifi as it has built in 2.4 and 5ghz and an AC for wireless TV. It has a total of 12 internal antennas for wifi.  
 
Westman has multiple different pieces of gear they use and i believe they have one dedicated as a modem/router.  
 
Using a speedtest on ookla or something is incredibly inaccurate at the best of times but its what everyone seems to base their speeds on. If you plug directly into the modem with no other wifi devices on and no other hard wired devices and run that ookla test you will get full speeds almost guarantee it.  
 
Westmans nodes have a large capacity per node, handling multiples Gigs per second but once its split through a area of maybe 50-60 houses it by its natural slows down to spread the love.  
 
MTS has a network card for every single customer in a cabinet. If you have issues getting speeds with MTS it is likely an overload of devices both wired and wireless in your house and or interference on wifi.  
 
Personally, I wouldnt run a ISP's provided modem. The IPS really is only obligated to get the service to the home and if you pay for wifi they only have to provide a basic wifi. If you want to ensure no problems spend some money and buy a decent modern aftermarket router. You can setup the network exactly how you want and tweak it as need be.

Ever since MTS became "Bell MTS" we have had a lot of problems with our internet. A common belief among some of the members in the community is that Bell MTS is really, really good at overselling their services, resulting in lower than expected speeds or being randomly disconnected from the internet entirely (horrible for gamers).

We have been with Westman for 19 years and wouldn't even consider switching. There have been the occasional issues but I found that their support people were always friendly and very helpful. They are quick to send out a repair person if the problem cannot be resolved remotely. You cannot put a price on local support.  
 
I find their up and down speeds are consistent and reliable. We live in an older part of Brandon with overhead wires and we get consistent downloads and uploads. I find it just works. If there are slow downs I find it has more to do with my local WiFi network and the number of users on one AP than the internet itself.  
 
I will agree, however, that the router provided is at best adequate. It is a consumer product so if you want high performance and the ability to tweak a lot of settings and set up various services behind the firewall you are better off just getting the cable modem and buying your own router. We need their router to run our TiVo box so we are kind of stuck.