allegedly att fiber is preparing to install fiber in our area over the summer.

[nosirrahsec@infosec.exchange]

@da_667 Cox lied to me and said my bill would be $100/mo flat-out, always.

I was EXPLICIT in my phone call when I set up my account. I made fucking sure they said $100.

It's $170 every month and I have been fighting these cunts for days to get this fixed.

I am so sick of being taken advantage of by people.

[da_667@infosec.exchange]

given its a choice between smoking micro-plastics of one mega-corp vs. smoking sandpaper cigarettes from the other.

[da_667@infosec.exchange]

@NosirrahSec I know that feel.

[willegible@mastodon.ie]

@da_667 It always amazes me to hear US broadband prices. I pay €75/month for 2Gbps/200Mbps fibre and that's one of the most expensive ISPs in the country. And we're not a particularly cheap European country. Just... yowch.

[arrjay@tacobelllabs.net]

@da_667 oh I thought this was about clouds

burning

[da_667@infosec.exchange]

@willegible yeah, its dogshit because the oligarchs make the rules, and we didn't fuckin' hang 'em or guillotine them when we had the chance.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@da_667 'fibrecity' supposedly is doing that here, and thats through viasat, the satellite company (?!?!) - i currently have cox, and i downgraded from gig (i never saw gig. ever) to 500mbps metered with 50mbit up, and THAT is 94/mo

[viss@mastodon.social]

@da_667 @NosirrahSec yup. same. they got me in via a 120/mo deal for gig cable, then 'suddenly its 170'. no explanation. fuckers.

[da_667@infosec.exchange]

@Viss @NosirrahSec I think I had an introductory cost of like 80 or 90 bucks. about five years ago.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@da_667 @NosirrahSec yeah they just gradually hike it and when you call to complain they tell you that what you really did was sign a 3 year contract and that theres an early termination fee if you want to change it

[heckinteagan@infosec.exchange]

@da_667 switched from Comcast to ATT Fibre the literal second they showed up here.

[scm@sfba.social]

@Viss @da_667 I miss having Sonic fiber at my old place, it was 1Gbps both ways for like $40/mo (currently paying though the nose for Comcast business where there’s no competition)

[viss@mastodon.social]

@scm @da_667 i live in the burbs of san diego county. the coastal communities and downtown get all the attention, everyone else gets fucked

[davemwilburn@infosec.exchange]

@da_667

I managed to replace Comcast with Ting fiber shortly before Ting stopped rolling out new fiber.

About 25 years ago, I managed to sign up for DSL service through Speakeasy.net before they lost their soul and disappeared into a blood-stained abyss of corporate mergers.

In both situations, I feel like the only reason why my internet still works is because someone forgot to turn it off.

Am I the reason why all the good ISPs die?

[scm@sfba.social]

@Viss @da_667 I’m in the burbs in Sacramento now, so probably similar. Comcast is literally my only option for wired internet or phone (not that I care about the latter)

[viss@mastodon.social]

@scm @da_667 yeah i WAS using starlink, but it was kinda garbage, and plus.. ew. so i pulled that down and bought a peplink router, plunked a google fi sim into it, and now all that 'unlimited mobile data' that i hardly use anymore because i dont travel every month is the backup isp for when cox takes a shit. pfsense+ospf+wireguard for the links and its mostly stable

[scm@sfba.social]

@Viss @da_667 yeah starlink is my next best option. The cell reception sucks here too

[viss@mastodon.social]

@scm @da_667 oh i my case i didnt want to spend like a grand on the peplink, so the issue is the radio, not the reception, for me. maybe i upgrade in the future though, and shotgun the data, instead of doing primary/failover

[zorg_the_blue@infosec.exchange]

@da_667 it is definitely this. ISP choice is a joke. Verizon sent me to collections after botching a cutover and failing to properly generate an accurate bill I could pay. Pick the best evil empire, if you even have a choice.