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ISPs have royally screwed over my company. When we moved into our office a few years ago the only option for Internet was a local phone company. They charged

ISPs have royally screwed over my company. When we moved into our office a few years ago the only option for Internet was a local phone company. They charged us $500 per month for 2mb/2mb, forced us into a two year contract, and of course bundled that service with the usual unreliability and crap customer support. I couldn't believe it. Eventually after the contract expired and much searching and begging we had a glimmer of hope. TimeWarner offered to drop fiber to us for something like $300 a month, 100/100. Couple months later they bailed out. AT&T later stepped up and actually went through and dropped the fiber, still 100/100, but at $1500 per month. So yup, we're paying almost a full-time, minimum wage employee's salary just for 100/100. I get 100/20 at home for $50. I cannot think of the words to express how I feel about this...

nameless912 10y ago
"Business class" translates roughly to "fuck you money for shitty internet".
developer2 10y ago
I check for my preferred ISP before I even consider moving to a new location - and that's for my personal residence. It blows my mind that anyone would install themselves in an office without first evaluating internet connectivity. Where in a first world urban environment does anyone, whether individual or business, only have access to 2 Mbps? That speed is absolutely unusable. I couldn't operate a two-employee company on that. 100 Mbps for $1500? You should be seeing gigabit fibre for that price!
thirdsun 10y ago
Why would your company move to a new office without checking the available internet options first? This seems incredibly careless. Fast internet and limitless bandwidth isn't everywhere and that's not exactly a secret.
- pixl97 10y ago
  Because the Telco/Cableco lies to you. If you move to a location that doesn't have service already the answer you receive from the provider is near useless. They will tell you they are able to service the location, doesn't matter if they can or not.
  - thirdsun 10y ago
    If you rely on the answer to that question you better make sure the provider can be held accountable to that. Particularly as a business you'd probably want that in writing instead of talking to a random customer support person.

nameless912 10y ago

"Business class" translates roughly to "fuck you money for shitty internet".

developer2 10y ago

I check for my preferred ISP before I even consider moving to a new location - and that's for my personal residence. It blows my mind that anyone would install themselves in an office without first evaluating internet connectivity. Where in a first world urban environment does anyone, whether individual or business, only have access to 2 Mbps? That speed is absolutely unusable. I couldn't operate a two-employee company on that. 100 Mbps for $1500? You should be seeing gigabit fibre for that price!

thirdsun 10y ago

Why would your company move to a new office without checking the available internet options first? This seems incredibly careless. Fast internet and limitless bandwidth isn't everywhere and that's not exactly a secret.

pixl97 10y ago
Because the Telco/Cableco lies to you. If you move to a location that doesn't have service already the answer you receive from the provider is near useless. They will tell you they are able to service the location, doesn't matter if they can or not.
- thirdsun 10y ago
  If you rely on the answer to that question you better make sure the provider can be held accountable to that. Particularly as a business you'd probably want that in writing instead of talking to a random customer support person.