ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
Hello from new faster cheaper internet, hell yes
Spice Blinds
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
I want to go back downstairs after making sure the upstairs TV is logged in but...
🌬️𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑
Woo!
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
he's on my arm...
Spice Blinds
Toe beans.
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
best beans
Murder moogle
faster cheaper internet?
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
Verizon 5G! $50/mo on autopay for twice the speed of spectrum
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
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.
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
after a year spectrum bumps it to like 60 something? and then 70 something, then 80
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
at least that's what they did to us
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
Spectrum rep I spoke to when I called to cancel today tried so hard to keep me though
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
she offered us $55/mo, a speed upgrade (still slower than 5G), and a $25 credit.
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
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?
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
just have to be enrolled in autopay, and the locked in price is for 2 years.
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
So they may raise it after that but idk
Murder moogle
that's a problem for future you?
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
might not even be a problem if it's not a huge jump tbh
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
Also it's cheaper if you bundle with phone lines
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
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
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
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.
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
Nope!
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
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
ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜʀᴇɪ
only two but that's usually enough
Murder moogle
plenty for me