• dom@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Not to mention “locking ghe price in for year” but it still goes up 5$ every month. Fuck bell

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      1 day ago

      I always assumed just like a cellphone bill the price you “enter in with” is the “agreed price” and that contract can’t change unless you cancel or switch to another plan.

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        20 hours ago

        Your cellphone bill only stays the same while under contract. After that it’s also subject to rate increases whenever they feel like.

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      16 hours ago

      Im using Teksavvy, it’s about $65 bucks for 40/10 dsl, no bandwidth limit, for the past 7 years. It’s not fast, it’s not cheap, but they don’t block incoming, and they don’t change the price. It’s worth it to not have to deal with bell or rogers.

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        19 hours ago

        You should check Teksavvy’s current offerings, you should be able to get something much better at that price nowadays.

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          16 hours ago

          They have “promo” pricing for the first year but this is the base price. For a promo price of 70 bucks I can get 1000/30 but that means having to switch ISPs every year, some of which do not like users operating servers on home connections.

          I actually checked the ISPs in my area a week ago to see if there was any better deals and after the first year I’m still on the cheapest usable plan.

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              I’m on the edge of Hamilton, Ontario so despite being in the burbs I’m way closer to farmland than the city, and internet plans reflect that.

              I would love to choose a faster plan but the 3 times a month that I would actually use a full 1000Mib/s down don’t justify the extra $400-$500 a year on top of ~700 I already pay. I can better spend that on storage, memory, and media.

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          17 hours ago

          See if you can find a plan for under 70 bucks regular price not the 1 year promo price. This is the cheapest internet connection in my area that does not require me to switch ISPs every fucking year.