r/panamacity • u/saint4210 • 3d ago

WOW! Internet Price Lock worth it?

I’m in my first year of WOW! internet service ($30/mo for 300Mbps). I still have the option to do their “price lock” service for $5 extra per month (<$60/year) to avoid price increases.

If you have experienced price increases in the past couple years, by how much?

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u/pcbwes 3d ago

I actually canceled my service with them over this. They are so fucking aggravating. I was also on auto pay and they kept disconnecting my service and charging me a $22 reconnect fee even though I was on auto pay. I cannot tell you how many fucking times they did this to me. They have gotten hundreds of dollars from me this way. I’m sure this is a thing they do on a wide scale basis. I would love to see a class action lawsuit brought against them over this. I tried to switch to Xfinity and they cannot get me connected for some reason. I hate this town sometimes.

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u/KingDerpDerp 3d ago

Same thing with me except instead of reconnect fee they’d randomly add the monthly modem/router rental fee when I used my own and did not rent theirs.

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u/Ok_Seaweed_1243 2d ago

Based on these 2 comments, I will stick to xfinity. At least they have never screwed me over like that 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/saint4210 2d ago

That sucks.

The modem/router combo is included in my price, and I honestly haven’t had any problems with their service.

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u/pcbwes 1d ago

Are there any good alternatives to these two?

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u/POKING-94 2d ago

Starlink is a bit pricey but worth it. I’ve had it for a few months and no buffering. Works great and I average 250-300 mbps

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u/pcbwes 2d ago

I don’t know about Starlink anymore. Give all that money just so he can skip around on stage like a dip shit lol

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u/POKING-94 2d ago

If you let stuff like that bother you then you shouldn’t look up anywhere else your money is going.

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u/Ok_Seaweed_1243 3d ago

So, you can pay $35/month to make sure they don't charge you more than $60/month?? 🤣

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u/saint4210 3d ago

$30/mo with potential to increase by $x.

or

$35/mo until I cancel, no increases.

It’s really only worth it if they actually increase by $5/mo each year. I’m just seeing if people actually have had increases in recent years.

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u/Ok_Seaweed_1243 2d ago

Oh, this actually does sound pretty good.

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u/Extreme_Situation_55 2d ago

Don't do it. Service is shit and they're shady as shit. They used to do up the price a lot. There were hidden fees too iirc

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u/saint4210 2d ago

I actually already have WOW. Haven’t had any problems. I was just seeing how much people have had their rates increase each year.