[Electronics-Talk] internet service providers and data caps

Thu Apr 28 17:24:11 UTC 2022

Amanda, I think FiOS is simply the best answer and to get away from Comcast. Bundles, have advantages and disadvantages as in the advantages you pay one bill and they have all your service and respect that and treat you better but the bad news is same as above they’ve got your whole business and hold you hostage thinking you won’t change or move. I agree that they don’t really care and thanks for telling me that they’re at the bottom specializing in customer no service. To finish with a funny after they majorly screwed up my account I had a supervisor in my living room for hours trying to figure out an undo what others have done. He then wasted time on his own customer no service line with a foreign country until he got upgraded to an English-speaking human being and the two supervisors then figured it out after several hours were lost. My win was that they lowered the price that they artificially raised and then two months later they raise the price again.

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> On Apr 28, 2022, at 6:16 AM, Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> HI Amanda,
> 
> I don't have the services you mentioned, but I am using T-Mobile's 5G
> Internet which is $55 a month. I don't remember the download/upload speeds,
> but I have plenty of band width for Zoom calls, Google Meet and my YouTube
> TV service. You do need to be close to cell towers for the service to work.
> I also stream music quite a bit, and never have any problem. You may want
> to check that out.
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 7:42 AM Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk <
>> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm dumping Comcast because for budget reasons, I need to remove certain
>> services but what I was offered from Comcast was like a real insult and it
>> was about $25 more than what I would pay for Verizon FIOS and Comcast was
>> only offering me about 20MB down for $117 and I can get Verizon FIOS
>> gigabit for $89 plus tax.  Comcast doesn't really care if they lose your
>> business either.  Comcast customer service has been rated the lowest for
>> consecutive years as well.
>> 
>> I realize that everyone doesn't have access to FIOS and I should never
>> have left but I wanted a bundle.  Bundles really aren't what they used to
>> be in terms of offering one the advantage of paying less overall for
>> subscribing to more than one service from the provider.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>> Tom Evans via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 3:43 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances <
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>> Cc: Tom Evans <tevans2003 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] internet service providers and data caps
>> 
>> Sherry, I think they’re good or bad news is they all suck, so you have to
>> pick the least worst, smile. I’ve never heard of frontier and AT&T lied or
>> misrepresented and finally told the truth to say that they are never going
>> to improve the service in my area but continuing to charge high prices and
>> then I have Comcast TV only and their claim to fame is literally raising
>> the price on me 10 and $20 a month maybe once or twice a year. Having said
>> that, if I was starting over then I guess I would go with the Comcast
>> because I think the service is better. I would think we’re talking
>> unlimited Internet and then on your phone you just use the Wi-Fi from your
>> house which is they’re not burning up your data. That’s my two cents
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Apr 18, 2022, at 9:42 AM, Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk <
>> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sherry,
>>> I live in Southern California in an apartment and have been using
>>> Frontier for the last couple years with no problems at all. My parents
>>> who also live in So Cal use Frontier and have had a few issues due to
>>> them having a much larger house, but overall it has been very
>>> reliable. I don't have any direct experience with Comcast, but have a
>>> couple of friends who use it due to it being their only option and say
>>> that it works okay but is a lot more expensive. Hope this helps
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
>>> Of Sherry Gomes via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 9:29 AM
>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Sherry Gomes <sherry.gomes at outlook.com>
>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] internet service providers and data caps
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> Take two. I wrote up a nice detailed message, and while I was spell
>>> checking it, outlook crashed and the message was gone. So, here I go
>> again.
>>> 
>>> I am moving from Colorado to California, where I grew up. In Colorado,
>>> my town had its own ISP and it was super-fast, reliable and had no data
>> caps.
>>> The town where I am moving has only two options for an ISP,
>>> comcast/Xfinity or frontier. I had a terrible experience with comcast
>>> when I transferred to that local Colorado ISP. They continued to bill
>>> me for months, even though the service was disconnected and equipment
>>> was returned.  I vowed never to use them for anything again. On the
>>> other hand, my best friend who lives in Washington had bad experiences
>>> with Frontier, with it losing connection all the time when he was
>>> trying to work from home. Frontier did not offer FIO in his area.
>>> 
>>> So, in my new town, Comcast says they have speeds up to 2000 MPS with
>>> a 1.2 TB data cap. I hope I'm using the correct term there when I say
>>> MPS. And I believe comcast is still cable.
>>> 
>>> Frontier says it is fiber-hoping that means                FIO-with
>> speeds
>>> up to 3000 MPS and no data caps.
>>> 
>>> But I have questions about exactly what uses up the data and how
>>> easily one can reach a data cap. Here are things I regularly do online.
>>> 
>>> 1. run my computer 24/7, not shutting down except every couple weeks or
>> so.
>>> Internet is always connected during that time.
>>> 
>>> 2. Stream, buy, and download music from amazon.
>>> 
>>> 3. Download audio books from BARD and audible, as well as kindle and
>>> bookshare books.
>>> 
>>> 4. Shop online, including groceries, meal delivery services and just
>>> general shopping say on amazon.
>>> 
>>> 5. Read stories online.
>>> 
>>> 6. I have about six to eight amazon echoes, as well as an amazon smart
>>> oven, a thermostat controlled by Alexa, and I've bought the LG
>>> washer/dryer which I can also use with Alexa.
>>> 
>>> 7. With those echoes, scattered around my house, I sometimes will ask
>>> to stream certain music channels from something like Sirius XM on the
>>> everywhere group, which means the music is playing all over the house.
>>> 
>>> Those are the things I can think of off the top of my head. Maybe all
>>> that doesn't use much data, maybe it uses a lot. I am hoping people
>>> here might have a better idea or have experiences good or bad with
>>> either company. I move into my new home on the 30th of this month, so
>>> it's time to make some decisions. Thanks for any thoughts.
>>> 
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