Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews
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minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agowe live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoMake a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agomy friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHave you tried a good cajoling?
we live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
Make a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
my friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.
Have you tried a good cajoling?