I’ve had no ISP-provided Internet access since Feb. 2023 or so and, while it’s been a pain at times, I still haven’t caved into returning to the evil monopoly that is Spectrum, so far, and probably won’t for as long as I can’t land a remote job. ArrowDL, while not perfect, has been pretty good at download management for the most part in conjunction with mobile data-hotspotting. Update: I’m now using AB Download Manager to mitigate download cancellations at the throttled speed.

  • Zerlyna@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Ironically this is my spectrum bill the past few months. They send a letter saying they are upgrading the speed at no charge. Then a few months later the bill goes up.

    Nov 2024. $60

    Dec  2024. $70

    Jan   2025. $70

    Feb    2025. $73

    Mar    2025.  $73

    Apr     2o25.   $93!!

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I switched to a home-oriented 5G system from T-Mobile. The price was decent for my area ($50/month), and most importantly, Spectrum got nothing from me.

    Before that, my wife and I would use our phone hotspots for internet (Visible has plans that have unlimited throttled hotspot). The speed was capped at 5Mbit/s, but it was enough for us (and was only $25/month/phone at the time).

    I’ve since moved back to Canada and am using a reseller (Oxio), which has been great so far.