one real unfortunate thing about moving from a house to an apartment is that we lost access to Quantum fiber internet. sixty bucks a month for a full gigabit up AND down, nearly rock-solid stability, friendly customer service, no package deals, no bullshit contracts? AND they gave us a $25 gift card when the tech didn't show up on time? it was a little slice of heaven, and proof that good things can exist in our capitalist hellscape
anyway, we're now back on Comcast XFINITY cable, which... well, go look up some reviews, i don't need to explain how shitty they are. the signup process was basically a half hour-long promotional spiel (for the fifth time, i am NOT switching my phone service! fuck you!), their phone support is automated to the point of uselessness, we're locked into a two-year contract paying 5 bucks more a month for slower speeds (our upstream in particular is a tiny fraction of what it was on Quantum) and a data cap, and while it's been fairly stable so far, we did just have a period of several minutes where our upstream dropped to like half a megabit, which nearly every streamer i know has had to deal with on a regular basis
man, i dunno. things could be much worse, but they could also be so much better if corporations just gave a fraction of a shit about customer satisfaction
