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Similar to the ConEd thread can anyone chime in on their Spectrum bill. I've had enough. In 2014 I was paying $100 now I'm at $215. That is a 115% increase well beyond 30% for even higher than average inflation for Cable plus high speed internet. My salary also increased by 120% but there's not much further I can go up right now. I don't even want the stupid cable package anymore but of course they won't unbundle it and they're a Monopoly in my neighborhood because FIOS flopped over and stopped trying.
Cuomo's feet need to be held to the fire... There's absolutely no reason I should have to pay for a cable TV service I don't use AND to top it all off they keep pitching spectrum wireless. I thought TWC was bad this incarnation is much worse. Feds are concerned about the Sprint T-Mobile merger. What about Spectrum Charter and Comcast? They are the bane of any customer's existence on the Northeast corridor and have got to be put in check.
NY Consumer Protections are cracking down on everything and everyone except for Charter Communications. That lawsuit obviously didn't do jack. They need the sledgehammer taken to the organization.
I actually unbundled mine last week. Then a couple days ago, I received a letter about my promotion ending but showing a breakdown of all three services.
I called Spectrum to ask about it and the rep told me what I had, different from the letter (which made more sense). Anyway, she actually took an additional $20 off my bill for the next year.
I also switched to their mobile plan for $45 a month instead of T-mobile for $75, I get two weeks to try it first. We'll see how that goes. I guess I got lucky.
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I'm using WiFi in my building on a desktop. Using the 5GHz connection I'm getting 266MPBS down and 303 up.
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Originally Posted by Werdywerd
If you are using WiFi in a building, your problems are not the speed of the connection but interference with your neighbors who are also using WiFi on the 2.4GHZ spectrum. Interference will kill your download speeds and interrupt your connection completely and then reconnect over and over.
You need to be wired (They sell usb Wired adapters for laptops) or upgrade your wireless to a dual band wireless router that has "N" Wireless on the 5GHZ Spectrum. Not many people will be running 5 GHZ and you will have no interference with anyone.
Wireless Interference is the #1 problem in urban areas and apartment buildings when it comes to "Slow" internet.
$43 FIOs 200/200 (internet only) *buy your own router
$10 IPTV ( every cable channel ) not exactly legal but $10 cant help it
$0 Home Phone ( polycom box $50 one time fee and get a free number from google)
$10 WWE Network ( I love wrestling)
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$63 Monthly
Also,
4K Firestick $25-$50 depending on the time You can install free legit and not legit movies and TV show apps.
Dont need these but my friend shares his NETFLIX password in exchange for IPTV connection and
I have Sprint so free HULU w/ ads
My husband games all of the time, streams all of the time, uploads stuff, watches YT/Hulu---never had a problem on the "slower" internet.
They are lying. I had spectrum for only internet before and it wasn't anywhere close to $100/month. Get some actual numbers from them---what is "substantial?"
I will press them again on this. Thanks for the confirmation.
Is your husband on Xbox live specifically? I read somewhere that it is more demanding than PSN in terms of bandwidth. When I'm playing sometimes my Wife cannot really watch Netflix without it buffering.
$40 for fios 200/200 speed no contract.
Surprised there is no fios at your building.
It took moving into a luxury lottery unit to get FIOS. I love it more than Spectrum for sure, but even there I was getting 300 down 4 up for $49.99. I almost never upload anything big, so 4 up basically feels like the 100 up I have now. It wasn't the most stable thing in the world, but still no where near what some people seem to be paying for their bundles for potentially worse service, and I lived in a tiny old tenement from 1900.
One way we could get back at the cable companies is if we all change our viewing patterns and stop watching TV. There's alternate ways to watch most of what's worth watching without the annoying commercials. The alternative routes also get you stuff that no cable package could ever buy. Alas, even my dad, mom, and sister have cable bundles, so this shalt forever persist and we'll be hearing the same complaints for the next 50 or so years.
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