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minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 months agoThey just finished laying Google Fiber in my neighborhood and I was looking at switching. Guess I’m holding on that.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoDodged a bullit today. Pretty lucky
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoEvery ISP is pretty shit to be fair. Doubt whoever they sell to is worse than the other options. (fuck spectrum)
minus-squareunphazed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, the good ones get bought out. (RIP Armstrong, Adelphia)
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAll I do is bitch at Spectrum on the phone once a year and they barely increase my bill.
minus-squareLonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFor real. Last year we finally got some competition against Spectrum and their customer service is actually worse than Spectrum. I didn’t imagine that was possible
minus-squareTest_Tickles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt will take at least a year for full on enshitifcation to ramp up, so you could always just switch once it goes to shit.
minus-squareegregiousRac@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI haven’t used RCN/Astound since COVID, but they were pretty decent before then. Far better than Comcast.
They just finished laying Google Fiber in my neighborhood and I was looking at switching. Guess I’m holding on that.
Dodged a bullit today. Pretty lucky
Every ISP is pretty shit to be fair. Doubt whoever they sell to is worse than the other options.
(fuck spectrum)
Yeah, the good ones get bought out. (RIP Armstrong, Adelphia)
All I do is bitch at Spectrum on the phone once a year and they barely increase my bill.
For real. Last year we finally got some competition against Spectrum and their customer service is actually worse than Spectrum. I didn’t imagine that was possible
It will take at least a year for full on enshitifcation to ramp up, so you could always just switch once it goes to shit.
I haven’t used RCN/Astound since COVID, but they were pretty decent before then. Far better than Comcast.