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Pamlwell t1_ja9emns wrote

Reply to comment by jdtoast in Comcast/Xfinity price just went up $42 for me this month by jdtoast

I switched to T-Mobile 5g purely to stick it to Xfinity. The service was ok, but not reliable enough at my particular address to keep (ymmv), so after a few months I switched back to Xfinity when they offered me a $30/month rate for two years. Here’s hoping when the cheap two years runs out that there will be more or better options for internet.

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Acceptable-Mountain t1_ja985qd wrote

Reply to Teaching Early Childhood in Baltimore? by FeelTheBernCallTheDr

I changed careers several years ago and got my teaching cert through BCTR. I chose them because it was the quickest, least expensive option. Structurally it's similar to TFA: you have intensive summer training, you teach a summer school class, and then you're in the classroom in September. BCTR charges tuition for their classes your first year but the city will reimburse you a portion. When I went through the program, the summer was unpaid but that has changed now and they will pay you a stipend. With your advanced degree you'll start on step 3 of the BCPSS scale, I think. Tuition was about $6,000 when I was in the program.

Urban Teachers is more like a traditional master's program and charges $45,000 in tuition. There is financial aid, and you're getting a Hopkins MAT. Year one, you're earning a $28,000 salary, year 2 you're on the BCPSS payscale. So if you can afford a year not making a living wage, UT does prepare you for a career. https://support.urbanteachers.org/hc/en-us/articles/360050518012-An-Investment-in-Your-Future

The benefit to TFA, BCTR, or UT is that they also help with things like delivering documents to central office, making sure you're getting the correct credits, and taking the correct PRAXIS exams. If you go the route of para->teacher your only support is the certification office at North Ave and they're less responsive (I know more than a few teachers lingering on a conditional certificate because they don't know what classes they have to take and when).

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FastBarracuda3 t1_ja90g6f wrote

Reply to comment by jdtoast in Comcast/Xfinity price just went up $42 for me this month by jdtoast

Ohh it's very reliable. I only had one problem with it, my plant grew in front of it and I just needed to move the plant and it was fine. But if something obstructs the view to the tower it can mess with it. Comcast was always variable, but 5G Verizon I am almost always having 300 + Mbps with the higher package (400 + Mbps) and that's also with a somewhat bad connection to the tower (just in range and sight). Comcast barely got this with a 1Gb package. I'd try it out, Verizon had some good promos, they will even let you test it for a month

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