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Fuck that shit. I switched to Starlink while flipping them off. Going back? Not even once
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
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The same issue is true with starlink though. So many in rural areas, and even some not-so-rural areas, have starlink as their only real option now. I love what starlink has done for rural internet access, as someone who had dial up (yes, not even DSL) up until 2018 when I moved. However, it's still a monopoly, and that's concerning. Starlink can essentially charge whatever they want for their service and have a market for their product. That's sorta scary to me.
I literally couldn't care less when it is actually cheaper and infinitely better than any option we have here.
Who knows, maybe the other companies will think on the money they lose not being useful to customers and provide a better product, but for now, up to the point that is convenient to me as a customer, Starlink is fucking awesome 😎
For me, it's the price, and effort involved with researching cheaper/better providers. Maybe once a year I'll look at competitors. If ISP raise price, that's when I more seriously look at competitors.
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Well, that is true for me in Canada with Teksavvy.
Honestly, I can't even complain about my cable ISP. It's super stable. I have multiple game consoles, streaming devices in every room, and connected phones and/or tablets for every member of the family. And I'm in a VERY rural part of PA. Service Electric Cablevision, first cable company in the US. It's not WY level rural, but seriously. I don't know how much more I should expect. I can count on one hand with fingers left over if I wanted to count the number of times i had to call for tech support over the last 10 years.
I mean yeah, Virgin has been pretty solid in that regard for the 20 years I've used them, and their service has been solid too.
I'd be wary of switching to another company that doesn't have such a good proven track record, though due to prices I'm considering swapping to Brsk for a bit to see how they hold up, given that they have symmetric gigabit fibre to the house with static IP for a very nice low price.