Milk you for money every chance they get. My rate increased 3 times in 1.5 years and for most of that time, up until a month ago, their internet service kept going in and out, constantly. When I finally convinced them to get their people out here, low and behold, they find the cable (probably going back to the 90s) that was for TV only (low grade) and replaced it. It fixed most of the problems, but even now, it continues to hiccup throughout the day. The signal is strong, so it's, yet again, something on their end (they've been "repairing" during outages, unrelated to weather, for over a year). But that's not what I'm furious about. First and foremost, they lied about their introductory price - it was supposed to run for a year, but they kept inching up the price during that time. Note: I was fooled into getting their TV/Internet bundle, which was $75, then $79, then $89 (rounded) over that period. I cancelled the bundle and was told it would be $79/month w/o the bundle. Sept 2024. A month later, it's up to $89/month. Today, they jacked it up to $99/month (part of which was their crappy WiFi Router went from $8 to $10). To make matters worse, there wasn't enough on my credit card to cover the full amount, so these jerks charged an additional $25 (unable to charge) fee. The ONLY company that does this!
While having Internet at home is nice, I have no choice but to cancel (they're a monopoly where I live, except satellite) as I can't budget this anymore. Constant price hikes, deceptive advertising, "guaranteed" rates that increase anyway, constant connection problems (some were solved), and so forth. The crazy thing is that they still share your Wifi with others (claiming it won't affect your billing or internet service overall) and make money off a Wifi router that you also pay for.
Disgusting. Time Warner was never this ridiculous (Spectrum bought them out), had varying rates depending on what speed you need (I absolutely do not need 400Mbps, yet I'm forced to pay for it - was doing just fine, even with streaming, with 100Mbps, but no, there's no lower rate for that. I'm not a gamer and I don't care for 4K TV - nor do I have one - I don't even watch much TV). $100/month for Internet is crazy. Their fees for a payment not going through are insane. I should know, it costs them $0 via 99.999% of all pay services if a card is declined (I programmed payment gateways for over a decade for clients).
I'll just tether via my cell provider - it's not as fast, but it's more reliable and cheaper, overall. (or maybe even use Hughes again - which I don't mind the small delay when using the Internet - and remote desktop works fine via satellite)
That's my rant. Out in rural areas, there's only 1 wired internet provider (and they will take complete advantage of you, provide worse service than the city and randomly increase their prices). read more