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posted by janrinok on Friday June 17 2022, @09:35AM   Printer-friendly

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[...] As broadband connectivity becomes more and more integral to daily work and schooling habits, few ISPs are meeting our expectations. If we start to see increased competition, that might change.

Your industry may have a perception problem when it gets lower customer satisfaction ratings than the US Postal Service or even gas stations. But that's where internet service providers are now, with the recent release of the American Customer Satisfaction Index's Telecommunications Study for 2021-2022. 

Among more than 45 different industries surveyed (including such wide-ranging trades as food manufacturing, life insurance, airlines, hotels, hospitals and social media), ISPs came in dead last for customer satisfaction, with a 64 rating on a zero to 100 scale. That's two points behind the next lowest industry (subscription TV services at 66) and a 1.5% loss over the previous year's performance.

Internet service providers bring up the rear in the latest ACSI list of customer satisfaction by industry.

[...] One other standout from the report is newcomer T-Mobile Home Internet, which hit the market in 2021 and debuted at second on the list with a score of 71. That bodes well for the fixed wireless option, which uses its 5G and 4G LTE networks to connect homes to the internet and aims to be a disruptor to traditional broadband providers (the tagline on its site is "Free yourself from internet BS"). If these scores are any indication, it and other newcomers might have a shot at success.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday June 17 2022, @12:29PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday June 17 2022, @12:29PM (#1253984)

    Where's the government's interest in faster internet connection?

    1. The "circuses" half of "bread and circuses".
    2. All the businesses that rely on it lobbying for it, from streaming services to banking to cloud providers.

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  • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Friday June 17 2022, @08:04PM

    by Opportunist (5545) on Friday June 17 2022, @08:04PM (#1254067)

    1. I don't know about yours, my government has better circuses at its disposal.
    2. Again, I can't see my government having ANY interest in streaming providers' benefits, especially considering that they run their very own TV network. If anything, their interest is that nobody can stream or watch foreign TV shows (which they can't really avoid) and everyone has to watch their crap.