Recent comments in /f/baltimore
Smirkin2408 t1_ja7f6fn wrote
Reply to comment by RepresentativeNo4075 in Family hoping to move to Baltimore, what's the vibe? by Ephesossh
Congratulations! I hope your move goes well and I hope you love being here as much as we do!
Summers won’t phase you —they are surprisingly humid, but short! And the winters aren’t brutal! It’s so easy to travel all around the northeast!
Also I’ll say the city has a surprising amount of nature and parks that feel like actual woods is amazing and rare of a city if this size. Additionally Baltimore isn’t very sprawled (compared to something like Chicago) so you can get into the actual country in 20 min drive.
I haven’t found traffic to be terrible—especially for the northeast (as long as you aren’t commuting between dc.
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sunhappygirl t1_ja7eynj wrote
it took me 20 minutes on the phone for them to remove my cable service cuz the lady spent most of the time thanking me for my patience and stalling to get me to buy the bigger package
anne_hollydaye t1_ja7er4h wrote
Reply to comment by jdtoast in Comcast/Xfinity price just went up $42 for me this month by jdtoast
My bill went up 100/month last time. Trust, they'll happily continue to fuck you.
EfficiencySuch6361 t1_ja77wvs wrote
Reply to Anyone remembers the shops roght across the Inner Harbor? They had a Sharper Image and a food cpurt on rhe top floor. That was back in 1992. Good times! by ElNegroFelo
That whole mall completely closed a few years ago
TheBaltimoron t1_ja72uww wrote
Canceled them years ago because of this shit. Use my phone, use a ScreenBeam to throw it onto the TV and hotspot for the computer when I need it.
Fickle_One4309 t1_ja6z1b7 wrote
Internet service providers frequently behave in this way. Without more information, it's difficult to say whether other Verizon 5G users in your neighborhood may have experienced issues similar to yours. If you're dissatisfied with the unexpected price increase, think about speaking with your internet service provider to discuss the matter and see if there are any other plans or discounts that could help lower your bill. Compare offers from different local service providers on websites like broadbandsearch or highspeedinternet to see which ones are offering the best discounts.
ah_alyssa t1_ja6wbgs wrote
Reply to comment by shrugsnotdrugs in My experience getting my roof redone in Baltimore by PowBoomZing
yes!! i am so shocked about that bit, it def should be shared with others. i’ve seen countless positive posts about him and seen others vouch for him to people in emergency situations. it’s insane he felt comfortable saying that at all, much less to a potential customer
kbeauty281 t1_ja6qlyt wrote
My former Comcast/Xfinity bill was around $170 (highest home speed, plus cable and 3/4 premium subscriptions) now I have Xfinity prepaid internet ($45), Netflix $7.00 (4+ devices w/T-Mobile discount), Philo Tv ($10), Prime Video (Free tier with prime membership), and HBO Max ($14.99). With the prepaid internet 3 smart tvs, at least 3 cellphones, 1 tablet, 1 desktop and 2 laptops are always connected and I've had 1 outage and 1 scheduled maintenance in 2 years. My modem is the Comcast modem from 2019ish and it's still going strong. I went to the Boost mobile store on Greenmount and paid for everything to get started. Took about a half hour to set up. I stopped trying to negotiate with them because they just did it again 6 months later. Good luck.
TheChooChooChaBoogie t1_ja6qgxf wrote
Yes! The Baltimore Potholes.
dax331 t1_ja6q8l9 wrote
The whudderboys
contractorgal t1_ja6mfqx wrote
There’s a place called Mona lisas in fells point. But try blazy Susan cones. Raw has been found to contain metals and toxins
yeehawdudeq t1_ja6j3br wrote
I don’t get why people are always surprised by this. You signed a contract that told you what your rates would be after a certain period of time. It’s spelled out in the fine print. I usually keep track of the dates so I can call them around that time to lower the price.
Renegotiate with Comcast. Threaten to cancel your service and switch to Fios. It’s sucks but that’s just how it works for all of us.
Maleficent_Thanks_51 t1_ja6iaac wrote
Reply to comment by Timid_Teacher in Teaching Early Childhood in Baltimore? by FeelTheBernCallTheDr
Thank you for all that you do, seen and unseen. I have huge respect and deep admiration for you.
Ayla_Leren t1_ja6g0kw wrote
Reply to Ever try to get a real person on Comcast. I waited through 15 minutes of verbal prompts which sent me to text and it’s prompts Half hour later this is how I got a call in a minute by Mnopas
Monopolies really suck. No one will ever convince me that they honestly have satisfaction from the relationship they have with Comcast. It is something they tolerate because their one contending option is more or less the same BS, or nonexistent all together. Us tax payers are the reason they are even capable squeezing us all to death like they are so find of, so screw their profit margins. ISP should be public utility.
Really doesn't help their case that their website and customer service is carefully designed fifth dimensional chess they expect customers be cool with being spoon-fed will being fucked upside down.
pisscharge t1_ja6btvl wrote
Reply to favorite things about baltimore? by throaway728
The music
brsh2 t1_ja6br87 wrote
Check out t-mobile home internet too
jonath_n t1_ja6b57t wrote
If Verizon Fios is available in your area, I’d recommend it. I’ve pretty much always had good service. Never had a price increase in the 2½ years I’ve been their customer.
FelixandFriends t1_ja6atfu wrote
Do you have a spouse or room mate? You can get a deal rn for like $60 a month if you put it in someone else’s name.
workact t1_ja6aat0 wrote
Reply to comment by jojammin in My experience getting my roof redone in Baltimore by PowBoomZing
Thats around what i paid, but i think it was just a new layer over top.
This sounds like they pulled the old one off and checked the frame. 20K sounds about right for that.
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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_ja68zhn wrote
Reply to comment by HarmlessHeffalump in Comcast/Xfinity price just went up $42 for me this month by jdtoast
Verizon has been putting up towers around town recently. I saw a guy walking around town knocking on doors
dizzy_centrifuge t1_ja68zha wrote
Reply to Ever try to get a real person on Comcast. I waited through 15 minutes of verbal prompts which sent me to text and it’s prompts Half hour later this is how I got a call in a minute by Mnopas
Just call the number and say representative at every prompt and it will after a few tries
PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_ja68uk0 wrote
Call. Tell them you’re canceling. Explain the situation to the customer retention/loyalty/whatever department. Tell them that you’re canceling if they don’t credit you the difference and lower your bill.
Then cancel anyway and switch to Verizon or tmobile cause fuck comcast.
rockybalBOHa t1_ja7fge7 wrote
Reply to Anyone remembers the shops roght across the Inner Harbor? They had a Sharper Image and a food cpurt on rhe top floor. That was back in 1992. Good times! by ElNegroFelo
It was the Gallery at Harborplace. It was recently converted to office space.