[TriLUG] Goodbye Spectrum

[Brian via TriLUG]

You kids with your FiOS options, get off my lawn!

And yeah, that's pure jealousy talking.  Spectrum is my only viable 
option other than DSL (HA!) or Fixed Wireless (HA!).

I'm also on a Business Class account, so that I can ensure no blocked 
ports and actually talk to knowledgeable humans when I have to call for 
support.  I wonder if I could get "new customer" rates if I dropped back 
to residential and used the saved $ for a VPS somewhere...hmmm..

-B

On 11/20/2017 09:00 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:
> This has been my experience too.  The price just keeps going up and up
> and up.  I called and they offered to lower it a little bit, but they
> simply weren't competitive with North State who has fiber in my
> neighborhood (High Point / Triad area).  I have been running their
> business class which also adds to the costs dramatically.  A while back
> I moved everything over to a Linode and no longer need it.
>
> Perhaps over the winter breaks, I will fully dismantle the rest of the
> home network except for a single (dynamic) IP address access point and
> tell them to go pound sand for both their TV and Internet.
>
> On Mon, 2017-11-20 at 13:56 +0000, John Vaughters via TriLUG wrote:
>> This too is my MAJOR irritation. They cater to new customer better
>> than old reliable ones. I am probably a 18 year customer as I did
>> experiment a couple of times without them, and unfortunately for me I
>> have no other reasonable alternative. So I am getting their 100 down
>> 10 up service for $80/month and dropping all other services. Then I
>> too am moving to Sling, and after my test of the Sling streaming, I
>> am VERY pleased. I will save $40-60 per month. Plus, I can increase
>> or decrease my Sling subscription on the fly and save even more if I
>> want too. I can add or drop on a per month basis. Spectrum is way out
>> of touch on how to manage business for this new environment.
>> The first internet carrier to offer unlimited monthly bandwidth and
>> 100MB service for the same or less will get my business. AT&T or
>> Google, I am just waiting for the chance to drop Spectrum for having
>> such disdain for long term customers. I was flat out told I had to be
>> a new customer to get the lower cost services.
>> Just waiting...... Let's go Google...
>>
>> John Vaughters