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batye
7/8/2016 5:04:21 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@mhhf1ve yes, I do hope so... and see better prices at the end :)
Re: Applications are the future
@mhh1ve - I sincerely hope we never see capped limits on all broadband usage. Or even just pay as you use. The ability to have WiFi is a financial savior for most of us. Though the seemingly endless amount of greed in this country would certainly make it seem like that reality is just down the road.
Ariella
7/8/2016 8:51:42 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@batye We do get a warning about promotions ending, but what is really dumb is that the carriers won't budge on that even when you tell them that you'll leave. In my area, there are only two providers for high speed internet: Verizon and Optimum. Both use the same tactic and only offer lower prices again after you've made the switch to the other carrier.
batye
7/8/2016 10:31:28 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@Ariella for me it was a scam by ica.net as during 1 year contract - where ica.net said I get unlimited internet... they change the rules saying you are using too much unlimited internet... and did charge credit card 6x times more, what was written in the contract... in Canada many Co. like ica.net - do get away with this type of scam... - just my humble opinion...
Ariella
7/8/2016 11:44:03 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@batye did you contact your credit card company to get those charges reversed?
batye
7/8/2016 11:49:26 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@Ariella yes, but ica.net did it three times, twice credit card Co. did refund, third time no help... ica.net get away with this scam... as ica.net keep telling I'm using too much unlimited internet....
Ariella
7/8/2016 11:56:33 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@batye that is really awful. The company ought to be forced to refund that money and charged with fraud.
batye
7/8/2016 11:59:49 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
@Ariella Canada is just too liberal and many Co. get away with scamming customers...
vnewman
7/8/2016 2:02:13 PM
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Re: Applications are the future
@elizabethv - "The ability to have WiFi is a financial savior for most of us."
I realized this more than ever as a traveled coast-to-coast the last two weeks. When wifi wasn't available I had to rely on my cellular connection and racked up 5 or 6 overage charges to my account. I wasn't happy about it - sometimes I couldn't avoid it, other times it was my own fault for not realizing I wasn't actually connected to wifi at all even though I had it set to autoconnect. Lessons learned the hard way.
mhhf1ve
7/9/2016 12:05:15 AM
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Re: Applications are the future
> "I sincerely hope we never see capped limits on all broadband usage.."
Too late. AT&T and Comcast are both moving in that direction, and I'm sure Verizon will, too.
https://consumerist.com/2014/09/24/att-and-verizon-data-caps-on-home-internet-service-are-great-for-everyone-especially-us/
Mobile is basically a lost cause on data caps. Everyone already accepts either data caps on mobile or a pay as you go plan. It would not be shocking for these plans to take over the wired broadband market, too.
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