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0lazy0 t1_j53oocp wrote

“No shit” - everyone

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_Strid_ t1_j559r3n wrote

When you don't have to compete, you don't have to be good. I blame Worcester for this, not Charter. If I had options, this issue wouldn't exist.

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JoshSidekick t1_j55ermn wrote

So municipal internet and television service?

Oh, wait. Never mind. The committee members all just got free high speed internet.

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foredom t1_j564odz wrote

You realize municipal internet and television in Worcester would be run by the same grade of people as DPW trash collection right?

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itsallfuturegarbage t1_j56lfd0 wrote

Not necessarily. Look up EPB in Chattanooga if you've never heard of them. This company should be a model for any effort to create a municipal broadband service. It's a large, extremely well managed and successful business owned by the city that as of last year rolled out 25 gigabit service.

You can get 1Gbps for $68/mo. The 10gbps is pretty cost prohibitive at $300/mo, but the 1gig service is cheaper than what I pay Xfinity.

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spitfish t1_j5ezudr wrote

If it bothers you, get involved in local politics. Attend council meetings. Reach out to councilors. Support your preferred candidates.

Things don't change unless we make them change.

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LetsGoHome t1_j54usdx wrote

It took three tries and five minutes to load this thread.

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princess-smartypants t1_j54vce6 wrote

In other news, water is wet.

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TheConeIsReturned t1_j564da9 wrote

I'm going to be that guy for no other reason than that I like this argument.

Water is not wet, it's just water. The same can be said for fire: it's not burnt, it burns things. For something to be wet, it must be able to otherwise be dry. Water itself exists in other states (vapor, frozen), but cannot itself be dry.

Water is what makes things wet, but water is not wet.

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Bootlicker222 t1_j56ciov wrote

They have been god awful lately. The Internet has gone out like 4 times in the last week

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RedRose_Belmont t1_j55vjx8 wrote

I've had Spectrum since June 2022 and have zero complaints.

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legalpretzel t1_j56haoy wrote

I have had very few complaints over the 7 years we’ve had spectrum…my main complaint is their pricing is highway robbery due to lack of competition. I want options, even if I ultimately stay with charter, because being able to switch providers can bring costs down

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Karen1968a t1_j56mntb wrote

I hesitate to curse myself, but in 3 years working from home, I have had 2 outages, neither of which have lasted more than a few hours. Now, that’s internet. Is this discussion/contract for both TV and internet, or just TV? For TV my issue is what I think is the same as everyone else’s, price is too high, and ever increasing. I think there need to be more tiers offered, if the hundreds of channels offered, we probably watch <50 on a regular basis.

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TheConeIsReturned t1_j5657b2 wrote

Wow, your own personal anecdotal evidence has completely debunked the results of Charter's own survey. I'd better show this to their regional director!

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RedRose_Belmont t1_j56b652 wrote

You really should. It's important for them to hear where things are going well, in addition to the complaints.

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bartnd t1_j56mv77 wrote

Every time there's an article about this, everyone conflates internet and cable services. This article/survey/discussion is about cable television only, not internet availability/service/options.

Survey results don't surprise me at all, though I don't see how bringing in another service will may a huge difference considering the contracts that Charter needs to sign with content providers to be able to carry them. Hence why you always see end-of-year commercials about "DirectTV will not longer be carrying TimeWarner channels" or things like that.

I can agree that their prices were getting outrageous which is why I dropped cable tv a few years ago.

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CoolAbdul t1_j567dvr wrote

The problem will fix itself. There won't be any cable companies in 5 years.

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