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[–] li10@feddit.uk 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Virgin Media’s not gonna be happy about that, fuck em tho.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

constant price rises out of contract

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

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.