Subj : Re: Your cell phone bill?
To   : Weatherman
From : esc
Date : Tue Aug 02 2022 23:21:42

 We> Comcast was about to start adding caps to their service here and charge
 We> extra, and then Verizon FIOS came along and that changed everything. 
 We> Not that I'm a huge fan of Verizon, but at least we have (2) real
 We> players in the space vs just one.

We moved into a new house in January and I had to have an XFinity tech come out to my house six times to fix the f***ng internet. I had to argue to get a portion of the fees that month refunded to me. I eventually gave up arguing, it wasn't worth my time, I just let them win.

I have no other option for high speed internet. And now I fear they're going to forcibly bundle their cell plan as well, which I definitely don't want or need hehe.

But my wife and I both have to take virtual meetings from our house, and it would be unacceptable for a poor connection. So we just have to put up with it.

 We> At first, Verizon FIOS was fairly expensive.  The price for 1Gbps was
 We> over $300 a month at first.  These days it is $89.99/month.  I actually
 We> got it about 2 years ago when it was only $79.99/month.  

Yeah, the prices and extra fees are nuts. We bought our own hardware to use (cable modem, router, etc), and they wanted to charge us all these setup fees and I told them to go to hell, lol. No way.

 We> That is all I need - just Internet.  No extra forced channels of garbage
 We> with loads of junk fees.  

Same. Sadly I have no real choice in the matter. Ugh. I look forward to the days when cable companies like this are bankrupt. Honestly, the business model is pretty gross...cable television became a "thing" because it was a way to get premium shows that were not broadcast over the airwaves, and not have to watch any commercials. Naturally, commercials very quickly came on board, and now we are where we are today. Yuck.

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