• silasmariner@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    Virgin is the fucking worst. Throttles upload, blocks sites, isn’t even cheap

    Edit: basing this all of my friends’ wi-fi’s because I would fucking never pay for Virgin

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      My experience of virgin was a router that spiked pings, constant price rises out of contract, and a cancellation line that said “if you’re unhappy with your current price rise, press 1 to reduce it by £2.50 for 6 months”.

      Just stupid.

      So now I have a grown up ISP, that doesn’t raise the price in contract, and so far hasn’t changed it out of contract either.

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        constant price rises out of contract

        That doesn’t seem unusual, plusnet tripled my Mum’s broadband price when her contract expired, assholes.

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          I think it was more that after finding an ISP that generally didn’t, I wondered why I ever used an ISP that did.

          Hell, when I first signed up, they had a “fixed price for life” deal on!

          Sure, I probably pay a little more than if I re-negotiated and switched providers every 18 months, to get the new customer deals.
          But I’m too old for that shit, I just want reliable internet that I don’t need to think about past the ONT.