The people going door to door (and calling you) to sell Bell/Rogers/Telus services are third party companies that are licensed to sell on their behalf. Its cheaper for them and in my cynical opinion gives them plausible deniability. As for the early...
I've tried the same. The problem loves to appear at night & during hockey games (playoffs no less). I'm trying it again (same show/channel) on a Google TV dongle using the Bell app. Funny, I never had this issue with "Cable Speed (500mbs no less)! ...