Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops
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Apparently the $70 plan that Verizon has been advertising is only for new customers, not the existing customers to whom Verizon has been advertising the service - customers who did not have an option to get this plan earlier. Those existing, loyal customers have been told that the service is more like $200 for them.
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This is why I left Verizon originally. Service was good but they actively punished you for being a loyal customer. They actually called it a "loyalty fee" or something on the phones. I refused to pay it and left their service (now I can get it cheaper because I left them... they are literally willing to give me a better deal because I wasn't loyal!) Looks like the same here. If they think you are too lazy to leave them, they will treat you more and more badly until you change your mind.
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@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
This is why I left Verizon originally. Service was good but they actively punished you for being a loyal customer. They actually called it a "loyalty fee" or something on the phones. I refused to pay it and left their service (now I can get it cheaper because I left them... they are literally willing to give me a better deal because I wasn't loyal!) Looks like the same here. If they think you are too lazy to leave them, they will treat you more and more badly until you change your mind.
Too bad they are monopoly in the majority of their ISP market.
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@coliver said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
This is why I left Verizon originally. Service was good but they actively punished you for being a loyal customer. They actually called it a "loyalty fee" or something on the phones. I refused to pay it and left their service (now I can get it cheaper because I left them... they are literally willing to give me a better deal because I wasn't loyal!) Looks like the same here. If they think you are too lazy to leave them, they will treat you more and more badly until you change your mind.
Too bad they are monopoly in the majority of their ISP market.
Which means everyone has to pay the $200 rate as only people in competitive markets have the realistic possibility of new customers.
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@Reid-Cooper said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@coliver said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
This is why I left Verizon originally. Service was good but they actively punished you for being a loyal customer. They actually called it a "loyalty fee" or something on the phones. I refused to pay it and left their service (now I can get it cheaper because I left them... they are literally willing to give me a better deal because I wasn't loyal!) Looks like the same here. If they think you are too lazy to leave them, they will treat you more and more badly until you change your mind.
Too bad they are monopoly in the majority of their ISP market.
Which means everyone has to pay the $200 rate as only people in competitive markets have the realistic possibility of new customers.
Yep...
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Except high school kids getting their first apartment, I guess.
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Or people who have just moved into the area.
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FiOS Gigabit Connection (Up to 940/880 Mbps
That is not even gigabit
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@JaredBusch said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
FiOS Gigabit Connection (Up to 940/880 Mbps
That is not even gigabit
So much fail.
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@JaredBusch said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
FiOS Gigabit Connection (Up to 940/880 Mbps
That is not even gigabit
My ISP advertises our 940/150 as Gigabit so I have to admit, I'm very jealous of the 880 Mbps up speeds. Lol
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In ATL, 25/5 costs about $70/month. Superfail.
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@RojoLoco said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
In ATL, 25/5 costs about $70/month. Superfail.
Man I'm lucky. I get 50/5 for $80...
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Good Internet here I'm told is around $6.
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@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
Good Internet here I'm told is around $6.
What?
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https://www.shaw.ca/internet/plans/
150/15 $85CDN/mth =~ $62USD/mth
I think it's still too expensive.
Telus offers 150/150 fiber but it's not widely available (about the same price)
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One client office has a 50/50 fiber with a static IP for $80/month.
Another has a 100/5 fiber for $1000/month.
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@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
This is why I left Verizon originally. Service was good but they actively punished you for being a loyal customer. They actually called it a "loyalty fee" or something on the phones. I refused to pay it and left their service (now I can get it cheaper because I left them... they are literally willing to give me a better deal because I wasn't loyal!) Looks like the same here. If they think you are too lazy to leave them, they will treat you more and more badly until you change your mind.
I see this with Verizon, but I have a decent relationship with my local shop. When they show adds on TV, we just call them and ask if we can have it too, and so far they just switch us over to the new plan. So far this has just been for the "Now get XGB of data and month for only $Y." It sucks we have to call, but they are nice about it and they are by far the best quality of service for my local area.
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@StrongBad said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
Good Internet here I'm told is around $6.
What?
Sure not where SAM is.
But
"South Korean homes and the country is rapidly rolling out 1Gbit/s connections or 1,000 Mbit/s, at $20 per month"
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@Harry-Lui said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@StrongBad said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
Good Internet here I'm told is around $6.
What?
Sure not where SAM is.
But
"South Korean homes and the country is rapidly rolling out 1Gbit/s connections or 1,000 Mbit/s, at $20 per month"
I'm in Kiev.
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@Harry-Lui said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@StrongBad said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
@scottalanmiller said in Verizon's $70 Gig Internet Plan is Actually $200, Oops:
Good Internet here I'm told is around $6.
What?
Sure not where SAM is.
He is in Ukraine at the moment.
It is not $6 or $20, but my in-laws have this same high speed lower cost in Japan as well.
The US is such a backwards piece of shit.
