ABB at it AGAIN?

[OccamsRazor]

Anyone else notice yet another increase in their ABB bill this month?

 

[stgislander]

Yeah. Two month ago, a notice came with the bill explaining the increases.

 

[Kyle]

Yeah. Two month ago, a notice came with the bill explaining the increases.

Did it say “just because we can?”

 

[stgislander]

Let me see if I remember. One was a broadband infrastructure fee increase of about $5, one was a fee increase for receiving local broadcast channels of about $5.30, and I don't remember what the third was but it was smaller.

 

[Kyle]

The moment satellite Internet or fiber becomes available, the cable company can go **** itself.

 

[Sneakers]

The moment satellite Internet or fiber becomes available, the cable company can go **** itself.

I signed up for StarLink, and hoping they will eventually provide tv service .

 

[Kyle]

I signed up for StarLink, and hoping they will eventually provide tv service .

Is it active around here? I wasn’t aware that this area is covered yet.

 

[Sneakers]

Is it active around here? I wasn’t aware that this area is covered yet.

Not yet for the general public. The satellites are being still deployed for more coverage. When I signed up for service, it was anytime between July and the end of the year, first come, first served. I have read that a couple of beta testers were getting well in excess of 300Mb/s.

 

[SamSpade]

What I did notice was that it went down for a while, because sports channels were re-imbursing customers for NOT broadcasting sports channels last year.

So I didn't get that credit this month.

My package itself went up by five bucks.

 

[Sneakers]

Is it active around here? I wasn’t aware that this area is covered yet.

Posting additional info in my Starlink thread.

Starlink

Pulled the trigger and pre-ordered Starlink satellite service. Won't see it for a while, it's not available here until mid to late 2021. I have DSL thru Verizon, and it sucks. 1M download (that's not a typo...) and horrible reliability. It's been down this past week more than it's been up...

forums.somd.com

 

[OccamsRazor]

Yeah. Two month ago, a notice came with the bill explaining the increases.

Let me see if I remember. One was a broadband infrastructure fee increase of about $5

My bill went up just recently. Went up about $5 so the 'ole "infrastructure fee" seems like the excuse-of-the-month.