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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 April 2015, 11:14:16

Title: Fios Trickery...
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 April 2015, 11:14:16
So you get the email that says $15 renewal incentive for 24 months

but they jacked up the Price on the internet package by $8..

So I'm only getting $7*24

LIARS...

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Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: trizkut on Fri, 17 April 2015, 12:06:58
They also throttle speeds at prime time hours.  ISPs really need more competition; this 'localized monopoly' nonsense is terrible.
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 April 2015, 18:34:04
Sigh... I wish they'd just tell people the truth..  And not resort to tricks like this.
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: neverused on Fri, 17 April 2015, 19:48:37
The last thing you'll get from Verizon is honesty.
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: Novus on Fri, 17 April 2015, 19:52:57
At least Verizon is now 100% american
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 April 2015, 20:47:49
I only got 2 choices in my area.. sigh......... comcast, which throttles BT heavily, and Verizon, which also throttles BT, but slightly less.
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: Senthura on Sun, 19 April 2015, 05:08:42
The last thing you'll get from Verizon is honesty.

QFT.

I'm still on their DSL as they won't upgrade to FIOS here and I have no other option. The Internet went out a while back and I have an online class at school so this is pretty unacceptable for more than a day. They said it would take 24 hours to fix and that was repeated every time I called for the next 5 days. I ended up tethering my laptop to my LTE from AT&T that I have on my phone and running up the data that month after 2 nights of wardriving only to find out everyone I could steal wifi from in this county also had Verizon so it was down.
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 19 April 2015, 06:28:00
The last thing you'll get from Verizon is honesty.

QFT.

I'm still on their DSL as they won't upgrade to FIOS here and I have no other option. The Internet went out a while back and I have an online class at school so this is pretty unacceptable for more than a day. They said it would take 24 hours to fix and that was repeated every time I called for the next 5 days. I ended up tethering my laptop to my LTE from AT&T that I have on my phone and running up the data that month after 2 nights of wardriving only to find out everyone I could steal wifi from in this county also had Verizon so it was down.

you no starbux?
Title: Re: Fios Trickery...
Post by: Senthura on Tue, 21 April 2015, 03:54:49
The last thing you'll get from Verizon is honesty.

QFT.

I'm still on their DSL as they won't upgrade to FIOS here and I have no other option. The Internet went out a while back and I have an online class at school so this is pretty unacceptable for more than a day. They said it would take 24 hours to fix and that was repeated every time I called for the next 5 days. I ended up tethering my laptop to my LTE from AT&T that I have on my phone and running up the data that month after 2 nights of wardriving only to find out everyone I could steal wifi from in this county also had Verizon so it was down.

you no starbux?
No Starbucks in this area. It closed many years back. Yes, where I live sucks. That's why I plan to move ASAP.