I got a flyer in the snail mail the other day that said "surf fiber internet will soon be available to you". My Mom has fiber internet in another state, and I know it's fast for her (albeit she has verizon fios). I live in the USA Midwest Chicago area- and I have had comcast xfinity for 20+ years here. They are a ripoff. I am charged 88.95 a month USD. I have no TV or any other services other than basic internet (I think it's the second lowest speed- they may call it "performance internet")

What I did notice (and this may be a coincidence) was that they must be doing some construction on my street because they made survey marks on my property and painted where the gas line and water lines are. Could this be because they are putting in the fiber cables?

Thinking of switching but want to get opinions of others. Besides cost reasons, comcast can suck off because they are basically part of other hollywood support corporations that are part of ACE. (this is the other reason I want to do it)

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 49 points 4 days ago (5 children)

No idea, but fuck comcast.

Nepo baby operated company that wasted 100 billion dollars on brain dead business ventures while taking money from US taxpayer and failing to invest it as instructed, ie infrastructure. I guess they might be upgrading it now

They suck all around, I would never use them unless they are THE ONLY CHOICE.

[–] Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

You managed to include the ~~misery~~ (Freudian slip?) most important info in a short space. F#$k Comcast, indeed. Happy customer of municipal fiber here.

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