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Hello from new faster cheaper internet, hell yes
Lindsard
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I want to go back downstairs after making sure the upstairs TV is logged in but...
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Woo!
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he's on my arm...
Lindsard
Toe beans.
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best beans
Murder moogle
faster cheaper internet?
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Verizon 5G! $50/mo on autopay for twice the speed of spectrum
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Spectrum was charging us $80 for 200mbs. We're at more than twice that on the 5G
Murder moogle
I will have to keep this in mind come August.
Murder moogle
I've got Spectrum right now with a $50/mo introductory rate, but after a year, it'll get upped.
Murder moogle
Probably to that $80 rate.
Murder moogle
The speed isn't that big a deal for me, since I rarely do anything with the Internet that needs it, but the money is a real issue.
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after a year spectrum bumps it to like 60 something? and then 70 something, then 80
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at least that's what they did to us
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Spectrum rep I spoke to when I called to cancel today tried so hard to keep me though
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she offered us $55/mo, a speed upgrade (still slower than 5G), and a $25 credit.
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but eff spectrum
Murder moogle
is there any kind of catch with the Verizon offer? Like, you must also have a phone plan with them?
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just have to be enrolled in autopay, and the locked in price is for 2 years.
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So they may raise it after that but idk
Murder moogle
that's a problem for future you?
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might not even be a problem if it's not a huge jump tbh
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Also it's cheaper if you bundle with phone lines
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The only other thing is a tech thing about static IPs and port forwarding that I don't think you'd have to worry about
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It's just the nature of how most 5G networks work as opposed to traditional ISPs
Murder moogle
it looks like the modem they'll provide is wireless only, if I'm reading this right. Hopefully my computer wouldn't take issue with that.
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Nope!
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I have two things hardwired into it rn
Murder moogle
Back when I lived in Austin, the physical modem was in my bedroom because of the way the house was wired, and then we had a wireless router to allow other devices access, and sometimes the other devices struggled.
Murder moogle
oh nice
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only two but that's usually enough
Murder moogle
plenty for me