New address and the few internet options are all highway robbery.
@GetSpectrum wants to charge an extra $15 if you want wifi. Whut? @ATT marketing a slug-slow $50-a-month copper line. "For elderly people on email, maybe?" technician said sheepishly. Tell me your horror stories!
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If you know to ask, they immediately say, ah, okay, use your own router. (which makes more sense). But if you are a non-technical, ordinary person, it just says "Do you want Wi-fi" and you are stuck.https://twitter.com/richardherlihy/status/1022852832310046720 …
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Yes it is if you are not a technical person and do not understand what these are. I have my own router and this is not a problem for me. They are charging who-knows-how-many people monthly fees for something that should be standard.https://twitter.com/kchoudhu/status/1022852797627330562 …
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Yep, there was a whole set of other hidden charges, weird language there. Also, still can't get over
@ATT charging an enormous fee for very slow internet, basically for "elderly people on email". US is so behind and predatory on broadband it's nuts. https://twitter.com/TonySoaprhino/status/1022853347576111106 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread
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The single best way to make sure your customer's wireless is secure and not being used for terabytes of robot spam is to use a strong default wifi setup. This pushes them to roll their own, and I guarantee they'll botch it.
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RCN does this too. It's the one big complaint I have about them.
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I've had Spectrum/TWCNY for years. If you have your own router, it's not an issue. And their routers stink, so you're better off using your own anyway. I'm also one of the few people I know who've never had real issues with the service.
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How would they enforce this? Do they not let you use your own router / configure it?
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how do they charge for wifi? don't you just have a connection and your own wireless router?
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That's vaguely reasonable *if* they make it clear that's what you're paying for, and give you the option. But they also likely derive advantages from you using their router that save them money. Some ISPs even use it to spy on you or resell your bandwidth to other customers...
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