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> Instead, the more we imbibe of all the glories available on streaming services, the more we’ll need to shell out for high-speed broadband service. You'd thin
by higherpurpose 13y ago
> Instead, the more we imbibe of all the glories available on streaming services, the more we’ll need to shell out for high-speed broadband service.
You'd think that, normally, an ISP would try to upgrade the bandwidth for their users to stay ahead of the higher bandwidth requirements. In Europe, I've just upgraded to 100 Mbps about 3 years ago, and now I could upgrade to 1 Gbps for a little more. The only reason I'm not doing it yet is because my laptop (HDD) and router (802.11n) haven't quite caught up with this speed yet, and a lot of it would be wasted if I got it now.
- techsupporter 13y agoWhy would an ISP do that, when any self-respecting business operator can simply instruct his or her call center reps to say the following: "Thank you for calling us, Higher Purpose. Your Internet is slow, Mr. Purpose? We can certainly fix that. I see that you are currently paying us $39.95/month for 10mbps service. How about we make that $89.95/month for 20mbps service? Besides, who will you switch to if you don't like the price?"
- Alphasite_ 13y ago"Who would I switch too? Maybe any of your 12 competitors in this district." This isn't a US based anecdote, they do it because if they dont, their competitors will.