Current Events > My internet bill is $85.28

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I missed a few payments early this year and my $60 internet bill jumped up to $75 - because that's a good idea, making a person who didn't pay you pay more money - but that was fine because I knew I fucked up and I just accepted it.

Then without warning, the price jumped to $85 a couple months ago. I didn't like it, but shit changes and prices are rising so I was like fuck it.

So this new bill is $85.28. And I know it's only twenty eight cents, but it's got me all sorts of fucked up because all my bills are round numbers and after the previous price hikes I'm suspicious that another one might be around the corner.

My place used to be a business, and when they converted it to a rental they cut all the internet lines. Because of that, I need a wireless 5G modem to get internet connectivity in my place. Telstra - my ISP - is the only service that provides that where I live.

Next paycheck, I'm already spending over one thousand dollars of my $1250 paycheck on rent and electricity. I made an irresponsible decision this weekend to drink, which set me back about $80, and taking that into account I'd have like $50 to feed myself and get me to work the entire week - otherwise I was still playing a very precarious balancing act with a $130 budget. This bill needs to be paid by the fourth of October, which is during my next paycheck. Even if I was perfect, subsisting on canned tuna and carrots every day and night to keep costs down, I'm losing money this paycheck.

I know drinking was a poor choice. Work dropped a bunch of shit on me on Friday, me and a coworker had to clean the entire laundry so that the board of directors could walk through and see our new machinery. I learned that day that we had to clean the entire place. When I drank, I drank box wine because it was the most economical choice despite being the worst thing for me to drink. It was a bad decision all round.

My savings have been dwindling for months so I need to pull my head in. It still bites that every last cent I earn this next paycheck is going to bills. There's no point in this topic, I'm just complaining.

You can drink without spending so much.

Whos your internet service provider?

How fast is your Internet and what provider?

Mine is like $107 CAD a month.

It's really fast and probably way more than I need. I'm thinking about downgrading to a cheaper package.

My internet service was $49.99 when I signed up for being a new customer then doubled in price a year later for being a wonderful customer. Doesn't make sense for them to do this but they get away with it because who else am I going to use? Another provider that will treat me the same way, that's who.

I pay $105 a month for 100 Mbps finer to the home and a static IP from a local telephone cooperative.

My internet bill is 180 dollars for gigabit speed and unlimited data. It used to be 130 but after goi my over on data every month I just upgraded

Noname12 posted...

My internet bill is 1980 dollars for gigabit speed and unlimited data. It used to be 130 but after goi my over on data every month I just upgraded

Holy crap my dude, that's more than I make in a month.

Lmao, fixed the typo. But damn man. My mortgage alone is 2,000