JT! Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 My ISP has a monopoly in my area. They know this and are using it to f**k me hard. Constant price increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/14/2022 at 2:41 PM, JT! said: My ISP has a monopoly in my area. They know this and are using it to f**k me hard. Constant price increases. will Starlink work out cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Davetrials said: will Starlink work out cheaper? I'm paying $65 now and it's going up to $75. 100mbit. It's solid service, but they have a bunch of tiers lower than this for less money, but they're for new customers only. If I cancel and come back a month later, I have access to these cheaper tiers, but I have no other means of getting internet for that month, so as they upgrade their tiers, and give me faster internet, they charge me more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 1:04 PM, JT! said: I'm paying $65 now and it's going up to $75. 100mbit. Is that per month?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 3 hours ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said: Is that per month?! Probably, yeah. Interwebs in the US are very expensive, for some reason. That said, most things are, but the salaries tend to be higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 12:04 PM, JT! said: I'm paying $65 now and it's going up to $75. 100mbit. It's solid service, but they have a bunch of tiers lower than this for less money, but they're for new customers only. If I cancel and come back a month later, I have access to these cheaper tiers, but I have no other means of getting internet for that month, so as they upgrade their tiers, and give me faster internet, they charge me more and more. Could you not just cancel it in your name and sign up again as a new customer in your wife's name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 22 hours ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said: Is that per month?! Yep. How much is internet in the UK these days? 5 hours ago, Al_Fel said: Could you not just cancel it in your name and sign up again as a new customer in your wife's name? Yeah this might be what we have to do although it looks like we'd still be paying $50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 3 hours ago, JT! said: Yep. How much is internet in the UK these days? Roughly £20 a month (~$26) gets you 'super fast fibre' which is up to 60MBps or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 I pay £34 for Zen, but they're a bit more premium than the TalkTalk / BT / Plusnet type ISPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Would a 4G/5G dongle be worth looking into? Or is that more expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 I'm with zen as well, 49 a month for 160mbit with no bandwidth caps or silly contention. It's rock solid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 As much as they're a horrible bunch of useless pricks, I'm back with Virgin Media again at the mo. 200Mb for £28/mo (and some cashback deal which will bring that down to sub £20pm overall). Speeds etc are great (usefull as we run too many devices simultaneously, inc. lots of file sharing via Drive and the like for YT stuff with Prawn) so provided you don't have to contact their customer services team (who are utterly incompetent) it's all good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/18/2022 at 3:44 PM, Al_Fel said: Would a 4G/5G dongle be worth looking into? Or is that more expensive? 5g would be worth it but not available in my area. 4g services seem to cost double what I'm paying and are not unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_BenR Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 GoogleFi unlimited plus for 65 dollars. That includes 50GB of data monthly and hotspot tethering. Especially if you travel internationally, I just don't think you can beat it. GoogleFi is my internet, but I don't really stream much, so 50GB is plenty each month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 School shooting stuff... I feel like the media's focussing too much on the police response rather than the inciting issue of why kids are getting guns so easily. I get that people are angry with the police, and rightfully so, but it just feels like a bit of a deflection to me still. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 What is this world coming to.. We have Wagatha Christie trial, and now this. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 Cats are dicks. I'm with the security guard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Pretty sure A-ssistant C-at would disagree on that one lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Security was right, it's all a ploy and the cat is actually a cute thief! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Eh, who cares? Cats are cleaner than most humans anyway. If it's not causing a disturbance then why do anything about it? Fun fact, in the US the only other animal that can officially be a service animal other than a dog is a miniature horse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Completely forgot about Ride London 2022 weekend. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/61325663 Handful of laps in women's race. No idea of any demonstrations, shows, PA stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Discovered my chain is too stretched to ride the 50 miles I hoped to today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robust Robert Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) Angry, because I have too much to do: tasks at uni, domestic work, job as a hotel waiter. And if with my study I can come up with something - ask guys to write my assignment for me uk, with job and home can't be helped, they have been and continue to be. I`m just going into pieces… But I just want to grab my bike and ride off into the sunset. Edited June 18, 2022 by Luke Rainbird mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 LOL, dedicated spammer, I'll give you that. Multiple posts and mostly on topic until you dropped the spam link in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 The ai is becoming sentient, it's how it begins with forum spam bots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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