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TrinCroft t1_jdv3020 wrote

Reply to Is Xfinity internet bad in Pittsburgh? by jayx468

Check to see if Fios is available in those buildings anyway. You might still be able to get Fios or have it put in. Personally, I cannot stand Comcast. I had it a couple of times and it would always get worse the more people were home. I have gotten Fios set up at places that were not already wired for it before. It is always worth asking.

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1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l1ll1 t1_jduz90q wrote

Reply to comment by mike015015 in 'If you're not growing, you're declining': Finding Giant Eagle's place in the market with a new leader by ddesigns

GE opened Good Cents to compete with Bottom Dollar, then Aldi bought out Bottom Dollar. As Aldi closed many of the Bottom Dollar stores (many with no intention of reopening them as Aldi branded stores), GE closed their Good Cents stores.

Aldi sucks as much as any other corporation.

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cmyk412 t1_jduyx3m wrote

Reply to Is Xfinity internet bad in Pittsburgh? by jayx468

If you’re used to FIOS, Xfinity might be frustrating. There are technical limitations to Xfinity’s speed. FIOS’ connection is the same bandwidth both ways: uploads are as fast as downloads. Xfinity is a different story - the connection is asynchronous – upload speeds are less than 10% of download speeds. What that means is I can hear and see my colleagues on Teams calls but I often appear blurry or the sound cuts out to them, especially if I’m on WiFi. If you do have to use Xfinity, it’s best to be on a wired connection - it’s better but not perfect. I wish I could go back to FIOS but I no longer live in Pittsburgh and Comcast has a contract with my county to be the sole provider of tv and internet service here.

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Jcs290 t1_jduyirh wrote

Reply to Ponderosa? by Substantial_Name595

My wife and I came back from Texas to visit family and Butler Ponderosa was one of our stops. It is not the Ponderosa we remembered. The wing dings were the main reason for going. Those slightly spicy golden brown wings were replaced with a pale imitation. We asked one of the servers about it, and they told us the supplier of the original wings went out of business during the pandemic. They didn't have the lava cake on the dessert bar, either, but no one knew why.

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