There's no need to be worried about it. Don't just threaten, actually switch when a competitor is having a promo and stop worrying about it. I switched internet service between a few providers almost every year for quite a while. It saved a lot of money.
In the vast majority of America, there is no serious high-speed internet competition.
The they never had the option to threaten to quit and don't apply to this discussion anyways.
up until 2022 i had 2 options, dialup, or 5mbit DSL. I don't consider hughesnet workable for anything other than email (seriously, 1500ms latency on a good day?)
As siblings comment, this only works if you're not a captive audience.
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That's quite regional. I have my choice of over 20 ISP's offering virtually identical services. That's why pricing is so competitive in NZ.
Hasn't ever been an issue. I live in Canada, though, so our competition sucks and all our providers are in collusion with the regulator (CRTC) to fuck over canadians.
Careful though. Companies are catching on to the "threaten to cancel" trick. Last time I tried this with Comcast, the support rep put me on hold, and then instead of sending me over to the "retention" specialist, just canceled my service and asked if I needed anything else. Oops..