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It’s the same story over again, a powerful group milks their investments without care for the consumer. I remember the cellphone service was lagging, crappy and
by tartoran 6y ago
It’s the same story over again, a powerful group milks their investments without care for the consumer. I remember the cellphone service was lagging, crappy and more expensive than in a lot of other countries in the 00s. Now it’s the broadband. In NYC, a city that should see a lot of competition, almost everywhere you live have one broadband option and if you’re lucky two. And it’s expensive since it was coupled with cable and a lot of people gave up on cable we end up sortof paying virtually for cable, meaning the price went up so much its comparable to cable+broadabnd some years ago. Not to mention that you’re paying rent for the modem like $5-6/month. Ofc if you look into it you can buy your own and not rent theirs but the majority of prople have no idea.
- JohnTHaller 6y agoVerizon agreed to rollout fiber all across NYC by 2014 as a part off their franchise agreement. Spoiler: They didn't. NYC sued them in 2017 for it. Last year Verizon agreed to wire up another 500k homes, getting them to about 90% of NYC... by 2023. I still can't get fiber from anyone where I live in NYC.
- scintill76 6y ago> Ofc if you look into it you can buy your own and not rent theirs But there's always the fear they will keep charging you rent anyways, and/or charge you for not returning "their" unit when you close your account.