I’m here with my mother (also mildly infuriating) who chose it and is paying for it, so I’ll have to talk to her about it, thanks.
Comment on Staying for the week at an AirBnB in Rochester, MN. This is what I just found out I'm stuck with.
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
if the listing advertised “high-speed internet” or anything with the wording “high-speed”, then i’d call AirBNB and complain until i either god a partial refund or a rebooking elsewhere. Rate 1-star and post as many complaints as possible.
Basically, be as big a nightmare as possible (without getting kicked out) until either it gets fixed or until you get enough money back to make you feel better.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
i don’t see how that changes anything.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It doesn’t change anything. I just never saw the listing, which is why I had to talk to her about it.
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
That makes sense.
Neato@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
50 up is pretty much the max I’ve seen most plans. Most ISPs just don’t allocate Jack for it.
Trarmp@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Who hurt you?
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
your mom when she rolled off me
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Re you’re edit: I’m not here on vacation, I’m here to go to the Mayo clinic. But they close up at 3, so it would be nice to come back to decent wifi. Thankfully, I realized I can just use my phone as a hotspot. The only problem is my iPhone and my Mint Linux notebook won’t play nice, so I have to tether one to the other via USB to get it to work rather than via the WiFi connection. No idea why, but it won’t get to the authentication part when I connect to the WiFi. But that’s better than what I had before.
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
to me, that makes it even more egregious. i’d send them a bill for your data plan, and i’d also browbeat them for putting someone critically ill, who is visiting the mayo clinic, until they got the issue fixed immediately.
some people think they can take advantage of people like you and your mother, and i’d make sure they never did that again, not to anyone, ever.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thankfully, I have unlimited data, so it’s not a cost issue. Just a bit irritating that I had to resort to this.
Also, I really don’t think they’re trying to take advantage of us. Someone else said that this is some rural ISP that for some reason people in much of Rochester use.
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
well, that’s why i mentioned the listing, and whether it advertised “high-speed” internet. if it didn’t, this whole thing might be moot.
warm@kbin.earth 6 months ago
Or, hear me out, you could just be a polite human and ask about the issue before jumping to conclusions? It could be a simple case of them restarting the network to fix it. Throwing a tantrum over this without any other information or communication is just pathetic, why is that your gut reaction?
Alimentar@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s actually crazy how many adults are entitled children who do know how to deal with issues
Acting like that can very easily backfire
warm@kbin.earth 6 months ago
Yeah... even if the people are dickheads, why go through the effort to stoop to their level, just move on with your life.
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
a person is entitled to what they paid for.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Making their life a living hell is a far cry from complaining. What you suggested is childish, petty, and probably would get OP banned from AirBNB.
Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 6 months ago
Some people just need any excuse to get mad and feel like they have control over something.
warm@kbin.earth 6 months ago
Seems like a stressful life to live.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, not doing that. In fact, if I don’t have to see or talk to them the entire time I’m here, I’ll be happy about that part of this trip. I didn’t particularly want to stay in an AirBnB in the first place, but I’m not the one paying. I would have honestly been fine with a Motel 6 or whatever.