Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareVertelleus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 hours agoWhere I live I have only one real option, the cable company, unless I want 10 mbps DSL or satellite with high ping and data limits.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 minutes agowe live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 minutes agoMake a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 minutes agomy friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.
Where I live I have only one real option, the cable company, unless I want 10 mbps DSL or satellite with high ping and data limits.
we live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
Make a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
my friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.