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Unrealistic expectations
I have Spectrum. It works almost all the time. It’s super fast almost all the time. I have five streaming services because they play movies seamlessly at 1080p or 720p without buffering. The rare downtime here in Hawaii is probably no more often than on the mainland.
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(12-08-2020, 05:26 AM)kalakoa Wrote: required the bandwidth Spectrum provides
Unrealistic expectations are a symptom of misplaced entitlement. Talk to your doctor about moving to the first world.
Aren't you the one that always bitching about not having your expectation's met ?
If there is an outage, they should have something better than a phone bot !
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If there is an outage, they should have something better than a phone bot !
Perhaps chill pills and pacifiers delivered to the affected areas.
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(12-08-2020, 05:14 PM)My 2 cents Wrote: If there is an outage, they should have something better than a phone bot !
Perhaps chill pills and pacifiers delivered to the affected areas.
A bill credit would be sufficient.
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They will give you a credit but you have to ask for it. I'd rather have the chill pill. I'll ask for that next time.
Certainty will be the death of us.
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(12-07-2020, 08:22 PM)kalakoa Wrote: wasting your own time?
If you have enough internet to engage the chatbot, then just use that internet instead of Spectrum?
Yes, running a VPN and then a VNC using my phone as a hotspot with all the other software apps I need to work from home, while paying spectrum for the bandwidth I need but didn't get is just fine. So I tried to figure out why I was unable to do my work. How is that such a bad thing to do? And sorry, leilanidude, your response was just as lame.
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@TomK - Constantly overthinking things is the problem. Think about it...
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I have gigabit fiber and pay Verizon for phone service that I don't get. Living in the country is a compromise. Expecting better is a fool's errand.
If bandwidth is that important, get a backup, or move somewhere that has better service.
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"leilanidude, your response was just as lame."
I thought L-Dude had the most on-point comment/question on this entire thread.
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12-11-2020, 08:29 AM
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(12-10-2020, 05:08 PM)kalakoa Wrote: I have gigabit fiber and pay Verizon for phone service that I don't get. Living in the country is a compromise. Expecting better is a fool's errand.
If bandwidth is that important, get a backup, or move somewhere that has better service.
And what would that backup be?
