Back when we got internet from our provider, their big sales point was UNLIMITED INTERNET. We even upgraded our package to include a faster (10MB) connection. We still just get normal basic analog cable with no box required for each TV. As of March 10th, they are forcing everyone to go to digital. We only have one television that is digital ready.
Yesterday, I also got a note from them to check my "internet usage" on their website. It seems that an average 10MB customer uses only 43 gigabytes per month. Anyone going over that amount of usage is now labeled an "excessive user." After I reach that point each month, they will begin throttling my connection speeds. So I register for their stupid email account (fuckyou@suddenlink.com) sign in and discover that I'm more than double their estimated average. By the way, that truly IS my email account with them.
Oh but guess what? I'm not as stupid as most of their customers because I have a linux router/firewall that logs my internet usage too! I've used less than half of what they claim. I can prove that they are full of shit! Suddenlink also blocks ports that can be routed to you so you cannot run a webserver from home. Fortunately they can't block every port so I can just go around them on that one.
The point of this rant is that we as consumers are already starting to get the shaft. The internet is going to be tiered just like satellite television with providers slowing down the sites that they don't want you to go, effectively forcing you to use their "preferred" content providers. Everybody should raise hell about it because the internet as we know it, is going away! Write your congressmen, the FCC and anyone else who will listen! Get informed and learn what is going on right under your nose!
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