Posted by (+76) 6 years ago
So.. with the annual meeting of course being during the day where normal people can’t go, I’m hoping one of you can maybe help me figure out Mid-Rivers math while you’re there?
I have been hit with that Wide Open internet scam that MR has decided to roll out to those of us in the big towns. And, as expected, my bill went up. Now obviously this is what MR is banking on. Those people that watch Netflix or youtube, or have cut the cord on their cable and use CBS or Hulu. The reason would be, that unless you change your settings in these, it’ll run you up to 7 Gigs an hour. Especially when it reads that speed setting from the Wide Open. In essence, MR is making you pay $1.40 per hour of Netflix. God forbid if you decide to binge watch a season of something. Now granted, you can go in and change your settings, but how many people really know you can do that? That’s also just one device. How many of you have Netflix on your phones, tablets, or game consoles? That’s gonna add up for a family for sure. And for those of you that are on autobill? That’s gonna be a nice first bill, or a few of them before you notice how much more you’re spending.
Now here’s what the other companies are doing, all of which are within our area.
RTC – Reservation Telephone Cooperative
100Mx100M UNLIMITED DATA $55/month
Midco -- Midcontinent Communications
75Mx5M UNLIMITED DATA $56/month
25Mx3M UNLIMITED DATA $42/month
Nemont
10/10 UNLIMITED DATA $71/month
So here you have two other co-ops, providing UNLIMITED DATA, at speeds faster than Mid-Rivers ever offered before the Wide Open, and one company that has multiple packages doing the same thing. UNLIMITED DATA, Lower price.
Take Mid-Rivers normal lowest plan, 8Mx1M at 300G. That was around $45/month. If you use Mid-Rivers new math, you’ll end up paying $79.95 for the exact same amount of data you were using. But wait, you’re only getting 8M? Despite what you’re told, you can run two computers, three cell phones, and Netflix at the same time with 8M and still not notice any lag. So the normal family can do just fine with the old plan and pay less than they are now.
Now I’ll give you the fact that you can download a huge file way faster now than you ever could before. However, that works until you and your entire neighborhood start doing the same thing. You’re all on the same pipe, the more you shove through, the less each of you get. Mid-Rivers may keep expanding the pipe if they want, but still comes down to reality. Now, if you complain of a speed, they will come check it, no problem. However, they will only come check it during the day. Well of course, that’s when the least amount of people are using it.
So if someone could maybe have Mid-Rivers explain how their “Revolutionary style of internet” makes sense, that would be awesome.
I have been hit with that Wide Open internet scam that MR has decided to roll out to those of us in the big towns. And, as expected, my bill went up. Now obviously this is what MR is banking on. Those people that watch Netflix or youtube, or have cut the cord on their cable and use CBS or Hulu. The reason would be, that unless you change your settings in these, it’ll run you up to 7 Gigs an hour. Especially when it reads that speed setting from the Wide Open. In essence, MR is making you pay $1.40 per hour of Netflix. God forbid if you decide to binge watch a season of something. Now granted, you can go in and change your settings, but how many people really know you can do that? That’s also just one device. How many of you have Netflix on your phones, tablets, or game consoles? That’s gonna add up for a family for sure. And for those of you that are on autobill? That’s gonna be a nice first bill, or a few of them before you notice how much more you’re spending.
Now here’s what the other companies are doing, all of which are within our area.
RTC – Reservation Telephone Cooperative
100Mx100M UNLIMITED DATA $55/month
Midco -- Midcontinent Communications
75Mx5M UNLIMITED DATA $56/month
25Mx3M UNLIMITED DATA $42/month
Nemont
10/10 UNLIMITED DATA $71/month
So here you have two other co-ops, providing UNLIMITED DATA, at speeds faster than Mid-Rivers ever offered before the Wide Open, and one company that has multiple packages doing the same thing. UNLIMITED DATA, Lower price.
Take Mid-Rivers normal lowest plan, 8Mx1M at 300G. That was around $45/month. If you use Mid-Rivers new math, you’ll end up paying $79.95 for the exact same amount of data you were using. But wait, you’re only getting 8M? Despite what you’re told, you can run two computers, three cell phones, and Netflix at the same time with 8M and still not notice any lag. So the normal family can do just fine with the old plan and pay less than they are now.
Now I’ll give you the fact that you can download a huge file way faster now than you ever could before. However, that works until you and your entire neighborhood start doing the same thing. You’re all on the same pipe, the more you shove through, the less each of you get. Mid-Rivers may keep expanding the pipe if they want, but still comes down to reality. Now, if you complain of a speed, they will come check it, no problem. However, they will only come check it during the day. Well of course, that’s when the least amount of people are using it.
So if someone could maybe have Mid-Rivers explain how their “Revolutionary style of internet” makes sense, that would be awesome.