Wondering if anyone here is using Starry Internet for a provider. They recently announced the bankruptcy and I saw an email where the founder said that it won't change anything in any big way. I'm still not sure, though - any ideas on what's going to service from them down the road? Is it going to be of lower quality?

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Captainbostonfish420 t1_ja69672 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:40 AM

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They will probably get gobbled up by a cell phone company. I don’t see the point of their service when you can get the same thing with more perks from T-Mobile or Verizon home internet.

unresolved_m OP t1_ja6aclm wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:50 AM

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Replying to Captainbostonfish420 (#2,045,046)

I think for me its mostly the price (15 bucks a month, which is laughably low). Also had no complaints about the service so far, but chances are it will get worse down the road.

LukeNukem93 t1_ja6gbre wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:44 AM

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I'm a customer still and see no reason not to trust them. My alternative is Comcast and they're infinitely worse.

unresolved_m OP t1_ja6goac wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:47 AM

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Replying to LukeNukem93 (#2,046,446)

I agree!

I used RCN while I was in Waltham and I think Starry beats it in terms of quality/price. And both Verizon and Comcast seem horrible in comparison to both.

[deleted] t1_ja6zsqp wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:36 AM

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Replying to LukeNukem93 (#2,046,446)

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Competitive_Bat4000 t1_ja72c8m wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:13 AM

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Been using starry for 3+ years. I was using their $50 plan which on special went down to $25 over the summer. The lag got so bad recently that I had to upgrade to their $65 plan, no issues so far and no speed issues.

lvpre t1_ja7bwlh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:27 AM

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Their stock price has dropped 99.9% over the past year and is basically a penny stock now...it basically went from $10 to not even a cent in under a year.

unresolved_m OP t1_ja7xz0m wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:51 PM

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Replying to Competitive_Bat4000 (#2,050,582)

For me its either them or RCN, but RCN is not available in Cambridge afaik

drizzlefoot321 t1_ja8oa8u wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:46 PM

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If you live in a condo/apartment building you should get building admins to contact netblazr. They operate similar to starry, peer to peer mesh network. My building has both netblazr and starry and now with the bankruptcy the people using starry are moving to netblazr.

unresolved_m OP t1_ja8of62 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:47 PM

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Replying to drizzlefoot321 (#2,064,198)

Thanks for letting me know!

anchordown16 t1_ja8x91x wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:42 PM

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I use Starry and it's so cheap - I had one outage for about an hour but that's it. Feels a little "too good to be true"...so hoping it stays in business.