If you live in Kingston, you’ve probably noticed one thing: almost everyone talks about unlimited Internet. Whether it’s students sharing a busy off-campus house, families juggling multiple screens, or residents frustrated by promotional pricing, unlimited data has become the default expectation here. But while unlimited Internet is easy to find, choosing the right provider in […]

If you live in Kingston, Belleville, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Burlington, or any other mid-sized Ontario city where Cogeco is the primary cable provider, you’ve probably noticed the same pattern: people talk a lot about Oxio, and even more about alternatives to Oxio. It’s one of the most frequent questions we receive at NetJOI.Whether it’s conversations […]

If you’ve ever sat two feet from your router while your video call freezes, you already know this: the problem isn’t always your Internet plan, sometimes it’s your Wi-Fi. And with more devices in every home from tablets, smart TVs, work laptops, game consoles, security cameras, even the fridge, older Wi-Fi standards simply aren’t built […]

📉 Shrinking Choices. Growing Bills. It’s not your imagination, your Internet bill has gone up. Your options have gone down. And that little voice in the back of your mind? It’s right. Something is off. Over the past decade, Canada’s biggest telecom companies have been quietly snapping up the smaller, scrappier competitors who once kept […]

Canadians pay some of the highest Internet prices in the world, and while the reasons are complex, they aren’t mysterious. From wholesale access fees to market consolidation and clever pricing tactics, the system has been structured to reward scale rather than competition. Here’s a data-driven look at what’s really driving those high monthly bills, and […]