We signed up in 1998 for frontier for $112/month for 1.6 mb/s including a phone line as it was our only choice. In early 2021, we were at....1.6mb/s. They bumped us up to 2.0 after we had some problems and believe it or not, it was noticeably faster although still slow as molasses.
Once I saw a frontier technician in the field and they said they recommended a new piece of equipment that was $10k that would give 99 houses in my area 25 mb/s service and would pay for itself in two years. Managers said no. The tech said, "Now you see why we are in bankruptcy?
I called them up an pleaded for relief and they offered $10/month off for a year. They would not under any conditions drop the phone and halve the cost. Verizon had just started up 4G LTE internet for less than half the cost for between 6-35 mb/s (depends on the time). But our neighbors who haven't yet changed are still at 1.6 in 2021. So no, frontier has zero interest in the consumer and service.
Not justifying the stranding, but what would be the reason for not taking a ship back? It's not unusual to have freighters that have a cabin or two for passengers. People have traveled all over using this method although it's much slower and more expensive than flying.
Or does the DHS have ships locked up too for these people? If he was able to get to UAE, he would have enough travel abilities to get to a port where he could have sailed.
P.S. That term "flying privileges" makes my nose wrinkle as if the government should be able to declare such a thing.
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We signed up in 1998 for frontier for $112/month for 1.6 mb/s including a phone line as it was our only choice. In early 2021, we were at....1.6mb/s. They bumped us up to 2.0 after we had some problems and believe it or not, it was noticeably faster although still slow as molasses.
Once I saw a frontier technician in the field and they said they recommended a new piece of equipment that was $10k that would give 99 houses in my area 25 mb/s service and would pay for itself in two years. Managers said no. The tech said, "Now you see why we are in bankruptcy?
I called them up an pleaded for relief and they offered $10/month off for a year. They would not under any conditions drop the phone and halve the cost. Verizon had just started up 4G LTE internet for less than half the cost for between 6-35 mb/s (depends on the time). But our neighbors who haven't yet changed are still at 1.6 in 2021. So no, frontier has zero interest in the consumer and service.
Why not a ship?
Or does the DHS have ships locked up too for these people? If he was able to get to UAE, he would have enough travel abilities to get to a port where he could have sailed.
P.S. That term "flying privileges" makes my nose wrinkle as if the government should be able to declare such a thing.
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