OMG: Schembri scams with fake advertising. Was so excited for move in today, what a let down. http://i.imgur.com/xJTPbAa.png Never leasing from Schembri again, too bad I'm stuck with them for a year.
Wait, so there's no wired internet? Welp, time to waste money on a wifi adapter for my desktop. Ugh at least my last place had rogers 150 in every unit.
@5a Either you're Schembri management or you haven't been paying attention. Probably management pissed at WPIRG for organizing that group claim. And marching to your office with the media.
Although it's phrased a bit ambiguously, "1 Gigabit" refers to the LAN architecture. The building is wired so that you could transfer files from your computer in one room to another room at 1 GB/s. It doesn't promise anything about your connection to the external internet. Expecting to be able to download from a remote server at 1 GB/s is pretty clearly absurd, and I think (despite the inaccurate wording) you can hardly call that 'false advertising'
There's been a lot of misconceptions here. For instance, "cable and internet ready" simply means that you can call Rogers/Bell/etc. and they'll be able to provide you with a phone and internet quickly and easily without fuss. It doesn't mean a phone and modem have been installed and are running on the day you move in.
@8a: Actually 1Gbps means 125MB/s, which is possible with the fibre optic infrastructure in Waterloo. Infact most kw4rent buildings have 200Mbps internet now.
They were straight up falsely advertising. There is no excuse.
@8a, no. It says 1 Gigabit internet connection, not intranet connection. 'Internet' is external while 'intranet' is internal. That argument would never hold.
Also, not that 1 Gigabit (Gb) is not equal to 1 Gigabyte (GB). 1Gb = 0.125 GB
Right, so I mixed up bits and bytes. My point is that they obviously meant "intranet", not internet, because you're never going to get 125 MB/s to or from any remote site unless you have basically laid your own personal gigabit backbone from your house to their office.
Schembri is actually pretty good. I've had a positive experience with them.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anecdotal evidence. Hundreds feel otherwise.
DeleteSigned: Schembri manager
DeleteThanks for the free pizza in the lobby, not really.
Delete@1a +1
DeleteI hope this lawsuit forces him to cough up millions.
ReplyDelete"cable and phone ready" != pre-installed router
ReplyDeleteAre you sure your router isn't bottlenecking your speed? Also depends on whether other people in your apartment/neighborhood are using.
Wait, so there's no wired internet? Welp, time to waste money on a wifi adapter for my desktop.
ReplyDeleteUgh at least my last place had rogers 150 in every unit.
Email wpirg. See if you can lower rent at least to make up for the getting less than what you paid for.
ReplyDeletewprig is useless. what could they even help with
Delete@5a Either you're Schembri management or you haven't been paying attention. Probably management pissed at WPIRG for organizing that group claim. And marching to your office with the media.
Deletelmao i love how they advertise no carpet as a feature, as if they paid more for that
ReplyDeleteand granite counters? which student cares about that?
No carpet is important to a lot of people. There's lots who won't rent a place if it has carpet, because allergens.
DeleteSue em
ReplyDeleteWhat the actual fuck, 20 Mbps when they advertise 1 Gbps?
ReplyDeleteAlthough it's phrased a bit ambiguously, "1 Gigabit" refers to the LAN architecture. The building is wired so that you could transfer files from your computer in one room to another room at 1 GB/s.
DeleteIt doesn't promise anything about your connection to the external internet. Expecting to be able to download from a remote server at 1 GB/s is pretty clearly absurd, and I think (despite the inaccurate wording) you can hardly call that 'false advertising'
There's been a lot of misconceptions here. For instance, "cable and internet ready" simply means that you can call Rogers/Bell/etc. and they'll be able to provide you with a phone and internet quickly and easily without fuss. It doesn't mean a phone and modem have been installed and are running on the day you move in.
Delete@8a: Actually 1Gbps means 125MB/s, which is possible with the fibre optic infrastructure in Waterloo. Infact most kw4rent buildings have 200Mbps internet now.
DeleteThey were straight up falsely advertising. There is no excuse.
@8a, no. It says 1 Gigabit internet connection, not intranet connection. 'Internet' is external while 'intranet' is internal. That argument would never hold.
ReplyDeleteAlso, not that 1 Gigabit (Gb) is not equal to 1 Gigabyte (GB). 1Gb = 0.125 GB
Right, so I mixed up bits and bytes. My point is that they obviously meant "intranet", not internet, because you're never going to get 125 MB/s to or from any remote site unless you have basically laid your own personal gigabit backbone from your house to their office.
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