When I signed up for broadband, it was with Shaw and they later swapped clients with Rogers, Shaw taking western Canada clients and Rogers taking Greater Toronto area clients.
I had explored Sympatico ADSL but they could not assure me that any of their broadband modems would work under Linux or OS/2 which were the two operating systems that I was using (I am now using Linux and have Win2000 aboard only at the request of my son). Since then I have been able to help other linux users around the world connect to ADSL service but it is not worth switching at this stage of the game. BTW, Rogers broadband is now Rogers-Yahoo and so the broadband part is really Yahoo.
Satellite broadband service is simply not an option. the signal lag is too great because the signal has to go out to the geosynchronous orbit and back.
Clive, although you're likely well aware of the site linked below, I'm posting it for the benefit of anyone who isn't.
It contains its own search engine allowing people to find - based on technology and price - all ISP's available to them in their geographic area.
Canadian ISP's
Given both Rogers' and Bell-Sympatico's lavish funding of radical, anti-majority special interests, it behooves conservatives to boycott both.
I did a fair bit of research prior to dumping Sympatico and anyone wishing more info is more than welcome to FReep mail me to pick my brain.
There's a lot more competition for internet dollars out there than many realize.