TekSavvy

TekSavvy offers fixed wireless broadband (branded as "Sky Fi") in rural areas of Chatham-Kent and the counties of Lambton and Essex in Ontario using unlicensed spectrum.[6]

TekSavvy offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service using Bell lines in Ontario and Quebec, Telus lines in Alberta and British Columbia, and Bell Aliant lines in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Before the summer of 2011, TekSavvy could only access Bell's "Performance" speed tier, with maximum speeds of 5 Mbit/s. Starting in July 2011, several months after the Canadian government allowed third-party ISPs to access higher speed tiers, TekSavvy started offering the same DSL speed tiers found at Bell. High-end plans with 10+ Mbit/s upload speeds require an approved VDSL2 modem, while all lower DSL tiers can be used with any compatible ADSL2+ modem.[7] In 2014 TekSavvy replaced the rental with rent-to-own and one-time purchase options of a SmartRG 505N modem.[8]

On March 20, 2013, TekSavvy added a 50 Mbit/s tier, the fastest FTTN tier that Bell started offering a month earlier. TekSavvy offers the same FTTN DSL speeds available from Bell. The only exceptions are that for the slowest plans, 6 Mbit/s regular DSL and 7 Mbit/s FTTN DSL is sold by TekSavvy instead of Bell's 5 Mbit/s plans. All DSL plans now offer a choice between 150GB, 400GB or unlimited Internet access with overage charges of $0.25 per GB (with a cap of $25).

TekSavvy's cable Internet offerings rely on Rogers, Shaw, Videotron or Cogeco infrastructure to connect customers to TekSavvy Internet. In areas served by Rogers, TekSavvy cable Internet is offered with either 15, 30 or 100 Mbit/s download speeds with the choice of 150GB, 400 GB or unlimited downloads. In areas served by Cogeco, most predominantly in the Niagara region, there are 5 packages available at speeds of 6, 10, 20, 30 or 60 Mbit/s with a standard bandwidth cap of 150 GB/month, excluding the 6 Mbit/s service, and a 300 GB or unlimited option for a fee. The same 300 GB and unlimited options are available in Chatham-Kent, Ontario and major cities in the British Columbia Lower Mainland, with lower speeds due to the Cogeco and Shaw infrastructure used in those regions. In Quebec, Vidéotron provides the cable infrastructure. In some areas, they are offering Cable at speeds of 120, 200, and 940 Mbit/s as of 2018.

TekSavvy also provides a long-distance calling service using VoIP. The home phone service (branded as "TekTalk") is available in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.

TekSavvy TV is a residential over-the-top television service available to select TekSavvy Internet customers. The service, offered by affiliate company Hastings Cable Vision, launched on February 1, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario. Later expansions brought the service to more regions in Ottawa and Quebec.[9][10]

The service consists of a low cost digital basic package, with over 45 channels from over 20 networks, including must-carry channels and several provincial channels. Additional channels may be purchased with pick packs, consisting of 10 to 40 channels from a catalogue of 93 channels, or with theme packs, such as movies and sports. TekSavvy also offers video-on-demand content and TV Everywhere service from selected TV channels.

In November 2012, Voltage Pictures, an American film production company with a history of filing lawsuits against people alleged to have illegally shared movies online, sought disclosure of personal information belonging to approximately 2000 TekSavvy subscribers based on data collected by the Canadian anti-piracy company Canipre between September 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012.[14][15]

On November 14, 2012 Voltage filed a Statement of Claim in Federal Court, initiating action against TekSavvy (court file T-2058-12, Voltage Pictures LLC v. John Doe and Jane Doe)[16] seeking a court order for the release of subscribers' personal information, including telephone numbers and email addresses,[17] associated with about 2000 IP addresses allegedly involved in copyright infringement.

On February 21, 2014 the Federal Court released its decision compelling TekSavvy to identify the consumers identified by Voltage as alleged downloaders while also implementing several constraints on Voltage. The court ruled that the demand letters sent by Voltage to the specified consumers be approved by a judge to ensure "there is no inappropriate language" and that "any correspondence... shall clearly state in bold type that no court has yet made a determination that such subscriber has infringed or is liable in any way for payment of damages", and that Voltage must pay TekSavvy's legal costs and any costs associated with identifying the consumers.[18] The Federal Court ruling further limited the information Voltage could request from TekSavvy, only permitting them to access the names and mailing addresses of the subscribers in question.

TekSavvy stated in a February 21, 2014 press release that they were satisfied with the framework implemented by the Federal Court for the case, claiming that it will protect consumers by discouraging future copyright trolling, but will only provide the information when Voltage meets all conditions of the courts orders and the affected customers have been notified.[17] Yet, some scholars have contended that the framework implemented by the Federal Court in this case fails to adequately protect the affected customers' online privacy rights in accordance with the principles articulated by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v. Spencer.[19]