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Fuck Spectrum. They are just awful. The jack your rates, don't follow through, and are so awful to deal with I just am kind of resigned to it. I think Fios may

Fuck Spectrum. They are just awful. The jack your rates, don't follow through, and are so awful to deal with I just am kind of resigned to it. I think Fios may be here soon. They can't be worse, can they?

shoguning 8y ago
As bad as it is, how can decreasing the number of competitors increase the quality of options for consumers? Are they preventing other companies from operating?
- eyeinthepyramid 8y ago
  Since cable companies are already a monopoly, they aren't really decreasing the number of competitors. They are just replacing the one incredibly bad ISP with a somewhat less bad one.
  - lylecubed 8y ago
    > They are just replacing the one incredibly bad ISP with a somewhat less bad one. ... we hope. That certainly wasn't the case the last time (when Spectrum bought TWC). As far as I can tell, NYS doesn't have any idea who's going to replace Spectrum.
JshWright 8y ago
You're "fortunate" to live in a Verizon area where Fios is even a "may be". Our local phone company is Windstream, and they can offer you a a whole 15Mbps (as long as you don't live too far from the office...).
mikeash 8y ago
I’ve had Fios for about five years and I’ve been pretty happy with it. Reliability is good, support isn’t completely useless, and be price is not bad at all. I’m currently paying $80/month for “gigabit” which is actually 940/940 or something like that. They also offer 100/100 for $40. Perhaps the best part is that they just give you an Ethernet connection. You can bring your own router and there’s no need for any sort of modem.