Trust me, man, you’re not gonna have any troubles with speed anymore.” It reconnects the split channels from your router and blasts it across the house. “You didn’t get this from me, man,” he said. He plugged it in the wall and dusted off his hands with a “watch this” smirk on his face. Then he went out to the truck and returned with a small white device. “Isn’t there anything I can do?” I asked, defeated.īarry smiled at me and held one finger in the air as he finished his beer. If they all do it, they can all get customers that want to ‘upgrade.’” He shrugged, as if to say, Corporate America, man.įurious, but not completely surprised, I told Barry he might as well not even fix it, and that I’d be changing providers immediately. Since the numbers look okay, you probably just have to ‘upgrade’ to the next package. “Suddenly, your internet’s not going so fast, but you can’t actually prove that it’s slower. I blinked as it started to dawn on me, just what Barry was saying. But the router doesn’t have the same output as it used to.” The internet going to your house hasn’t changed, so it’ll say you’re still up to speed. But after a while, they throttle the bandwidth in your router. “So, yeah, when you sign up, they give you the speeds you asked for. But, when I told him that I was working from home, Barry told me I was pretty much SOL. Now, the more Barry and I talked, the friendlier we got. “I really shouldn’t, man,” Barry said as he reached out to accept it. And, he seemed like a relaxed and friendly guy, so I offered him a beer. The technician, Barry (name changed to protect his identity – I know his employer is going to want to know who spilled the beans), came out and got to work on trying to fix my internet. It was almost like I’d downgraded! I just couldn’t believe it. But after that, Netflix started taking forever to “buffer,” and YouTube just wouldn’t play right. And it was still taking forever! But, that’s not all.įor the first two weeks, everything was fine. I’d only just upgraded to a better internet package one month before! You see, I even knew that I’d need faster speeds if I was going to be working from my 3-bedroom home. Not to mention the list of websites and downloads I needed to access. When you need to be in constant contact with your coworkers throughout the day, you have to be able to access your email quickly. I sat down at my desk, and when I tried pulling up my email, it took five minutes to load. On that first day of working from home, I was almost happy to get to work. But what happened was far from comfortable. You see, recently I convinced my boss to let me work from home-a dream I’ve had for many years-and I was looking forward to the comfortable working environment. I know, because I recently found out that I’ve been getting ripped off by my Internet Service Provider (ISP) for years. This is how thousands of people in United States are getting super fast home internet for cheap If you’re reading this from a computer or device connected to your home Wi-Fi connection, chances are you’re being ripped off. Features At A Glance: This revolutionary, WifiPeak fixes slow wifi in any room, quickly and effortlessly.