SvennoJ said:
Today my isp got me again. We were on a 270gb monthly cap which seems quite a bit but with 2 kids streaming daily, multiple home consoles sucking down ever larger patches and Netflix adding to the pile at 3GB per hour it was only a matter of time before going over again. What my isp failed to mention was that their already expensive overage charge of $1.50 per GB is now $5.00 per GB. Meaning an average day usage over the limit is $50 per day... That while reporting the usage is at least 1 day behind, longer on weekends cause computers need a break too...
So I wanted to change our package, yet it seems easier to do your taxes. The stuff we have doesn't exist anymore, grandfather package whatever, so the cable tv was going to change as well, less channels on SD boxes, need new equipment, lose time shifting, gain remote pvr access at one new to install terminal. Ofcourse a technician has to come by to install the new boxes cause it's hard to plug things in...
It took about an hour and a half on the phone to find a suitable replacement package with 500GB data limit. Yay, still a data limit. Yet somehow $20 less a month than what we were paying, except, this is where they get you, in a year the bill will silently go up by $40 a month. Oh well, still have a year from then to negotiate a better deal before being off worse. That's what it feels like with my isp, yearly negotiations. Does it have to be this way.
At least they'll waive the overage charges (have to call again for that cause computers) and with nearly double the limit we should be good for a while again. I better check the next bill carefully. It usually takes a few back and forths until they get things as promised.
Anyone else have to negotiate yearly with their isp?
Btw we were paying about CAD 2500 ($1860) yearly for cable+internet+landline (useless thing but still have to keep it)
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Best thing of living on a third world country is that here, in Mexico, we dont have datacaps... All you can eat, for the same price... only problem is that connections are slow... so maybe it compensates Xp
"We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us" - Andrew Ryan, Bioshock.
