Jason Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I'm getting Starry installed on Wednesday. 200 Mbps symmetrical connection for $50 a month. Charter just increased me to $90 per month for my 200/20 plan. Really looking forward to canceling those fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Now you're the one rubbing his nipples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Since I moved Spectrum is better than Cox so I can't complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Since I moved Spectrum is better than Cox so I can't complain. The service itself is fine, but the prices are constantly going up. I'm paying nearly double what I was four years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 16 minutes ago, Jason said: The service itself is fine, but the prices are constantly going up. I'm paying nearly double what I was four years ago. Yeah they jacked me up after a year long introductory price ($45) to $70 - Just for internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 After the introductory price expires, I always switch the service to a different name and sign another 2 contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 That's sick. I stupidly signed up for the FIOS gigabit connection for 3 years for 74.99. But I did get Prime for a year included in the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Yeah they jacked me up after a year long introductory price ($45) to $70 - Just for internet. I'm in the same boat. Actually, it was $65 for a while, and now it's going up to $70. I would switch, but there aren't any good alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 2 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: After the introductory price expires, I always switch the service to a different name and sign another 2 contract. Yeah if I lived with someone I'd definitely go back and forth with changing whose name the service is in to keep getting the new customer offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 3 hours ago, TheLeon said: I'm in the same boat. Actually, it was $65 for a while, and now it's going up to $70. I would switch, but there aren't any good alternatives. We can't switch here because the cable companies own territories so some cities get Spectrum and some cities get Cox. Well I don't know if "own" is the right word but I think you catch my drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 TOMORROW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 The only slightly annoying part was that I thought they could connect me over the existing coax, so I didn't plan ahead and buy a wifi adapter for my desktop. But then it turned out it has to come in through the phone line, and I couldn't get my existing router to work in bridge mode, so the installation guy had to lay a bunch of extra cat 6, which there really wasn't any good path for--in fact I set up my apartment when I first moved in in large part based on where the coax comes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 who or what is starry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Firewithin said: who or what is starry? On 11/15/2019 at 5:24 PM, Jason said: I'm getting Starry installed on Wednesday. 200 Mbps symmetrical connection for $50 a month. Charter just increased me to $90 per month for my 200/20 plan. Really looking forward to canceling those fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 25 minutes ago, Firewithin said: It's 5G internet, except instead of beaming from a lamp post directly into your apartment, it beams from a tower attached to a nearby building to a receiver on your building's roof, and then runs into your apartment using existing wiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jason said: It's 5G internet, except instead of beaming from a lamp post directly into your apartment, it beams from a tower attached to a nearby building to a receiver on your roof, and then runs into your apartment using existing wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Also I do unfortunately have to pay one last month to Charter, but that's not necessarily the worst thing in the world since I can give it a couple of weeks to make sure Starry works consistently before having the service terminated. Plus I'm getting two months free from Starry so I'll still have one month $90, one month free, then $50/month. Hopefully I don't have issues with the fact that I had my own modem. When I moved out of my place in Arlington, I had a nightmare situation with Comcast insisting I owed them a modem despite the fact that I'd had my own modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 So now of course, once I've already had holes punched into my wall to keep the cat 6 strung along it in place, the fucking router bridge finally decides to work. The silver lining here is I'm only pulling like 75 down/90 up using the router as a bridge so I probably would have wanted to go hardwire anyhow. And it's definitely the bridge router and not Starry's router because my phone is pulling down 170 just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 12:39 PM, Jason said: Plus I'm getting two months free from Starry so I'll still have one month $90, one month free, then $50/month. So actually it turns out that they pay early termination fees up to $200, and that the final bill you're on the hook for before switching overs counts. So I have to pay $89 to Charter now but won't have to pay anything to Starry until I owe them $11 in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 I have zero alternatives to my shittily-priced Cox internet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 6 hours ago, legend said: I have zero alternatives to my shittily-priced Cox internet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardAct Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 https://www.speedtest.net/result/8811953726.png Tried to post picture of speed result but failed. Link is for spectrum and it's wireless but @69.99 a bit steep. I's love a Gig download speed but honestly this 200+mb has been great, can't wait to run a few Ethernet cables in the new house so the whole thing will be wired and more stable. I do usually get well over 300 though so it is what it is . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 50 minutes ago, HardAct said: Tried to post picture of speed result but failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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