My Internet Bill
...creeping the price up slowly has finally got me frustrated enough to leave.
When i first moved into the apartment I am at Spectrum set me up wth home wifi internet as my ISP. Initially I was cool about it, not the fastest speeds (probably not good enough for a gamer) but works fine for listening to podcasts or checking out documentaries or a YouTube how to video. When the grandkids stay, there are typically 2-3 video streams going at the same time, so it was good enough.
What excited me the most was my initial price was $45 per month. But as goes life that price changed, again and again every month increasing by a few dollars. I am not in any sort of contract with the provider so I didn't really demand or expect any type of price lock. But fast forward 2+ years and now I am paying more than $70 per month. This is just WiFi, no extras such as mobile phone or television programming, $70 is too high for simple internet.
Off topic I recently tried Tello on my mobile phone for $10 and it worked so good I upgraded to their 'unlimited data' plan for $15. Well I had missed a payment on Spectrum and with my social security fixed income I only get money once per month so by the time I did have the money to pay my bill the WiFi had been disconnected. So i shared my hotspot from my phone for a few weeks. I used 48GB of data with zero issues all on a $15 plan!
I think I am going to keep my Spectrum WiFi off and try Walmart's Straight Talk Home Wifi, it is priced at $45 per month, prepaid. Or I could just put a second phone onto Tello to balance the demand for the month. But I would prefer proper WiFi for the sake of my smart devices, such as lightbulbs, thermostat and TV I think. In either case, creeping the price up slowly has finally got me frustrated enough to leave. Speaking of TV, that will be my next focus.