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What are your internet speeds?
shaelyn:
--- Quote from: Gilder Unfettered on September 06, 2014, 12:48:50 am ---You wonder how Verizon gets away with this...then you call them out to fix a copper telephone line and it takes 6 techs and 2 weeks to do it. They sent out 5 FIOS techs who could only fiddle with the line then try to push FIOS, then finally the last guy was a copper line tech who found the problem and had new wires patched in within an hour.
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honestly, that sounds like my experience with ATT when I used them. it took them a month and several techs with misinformation flying back and forth within the company to get internet set up for me in my first apartment, and then after another three weeks of trying to get service transferred to another apartment within the same complex, I fired them and went TWC. ...oh...and when I did fire them, instead of cancelling my service, they just cancelled the order to have my service transferred - so they still tried to keep service up at the old apartment I was no longer living in. anyway, TWC: they had my internet up and running when promised, and no other problems so far *knock on wood*.
the apartment complex we're moving to only has Verizon Fios. it's already way more expensive than we're paying now, borderline what we can afford...hidden fees? >< crap. got my fingers crossed...
...I've been saying I may drop off the face of the earth for a little while...I'm anticipating another ATT experience out of one of the companies I'm dealing with and hoping I'm wrong.
sparklerfish:
Does the winner get a prize? :D
Imagine:
Silly Speedtest users. Their readings are usually inaccurate.
Jawjee:
--- Quote from: Imagine on September 06, 2014, 03:17:31 pm ---Silly Speedtest users. Their readings are usually inaccurate.
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Actually, speedtest is pretty accurate. I download with 1.2 megebytes per second.(Steam says it)
While testmynet says I'm downloading with just 340 kb/s.
So, therefore, LIES.
Squidslinger Gilder:
--- Quote from: shaelyn on September 06, 2014, 01:59:59 pm ---
the apartment complex we're moving to only has Verizon Fios. it's already way more expensive than we're paying now, borderline what we can afford...hidden fees? >< crap. got my fingers crossed...
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Verizon is notorious for suddenly adding fees or increasing rates. If they say guaranteed price, you better believe that after the period is over, it'll go up. All sorts of things they pull. We've had their phone service for years and can count on them doing stuff like this from time to time. I got a friend who was with Verizon wireless too and he said he finally left cause they were pulling the same tricks. He got sick of seeing all sorts of bizarre things added to the bills.
Best Telco we ever had long ago was Sprint. At least in this area. That was when we were with Earthlink and they had a combo deal. Net + Sprint phone. Earthlink outsourced and became a crappy company so had to give it up. Price was always good with Sprint tho. No hidden fees or strange charges and customer service was 100% better than Verizon. But, companies change.
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