I’ve somehow been stealing internet from my ISP for like 2 years.
So I moved in to my new apartment. Go down to the local ISP monopoly’s physical store and pick up a modem so I can just plug it in and not wait for a tech or anything. They tell me since it’s been over 5 years since my address was connected they have to send a tech out anyway. Fine. But they let me pay my first month’s service and give me the modem.
Well I get home and plug it in. It works perfectly. Call the ISP and tell them to cancel the tech appointment, they say no problem. An hour later my account to login to the ISP’s website is made inactive. In the next few days I get a full refund for what I paid.
So I figure I’ll call them once my internet stops working and resubscribe. But it has never stopped working. I keep getting mailings from them with deals to sign up for internet. They even knocked on my door once to try to sell me it.
This is a dangerous game you’re playing (despite the Robinhood like dynamic – trust me I hate ISPs too, though I will say AT&T fiber has been quite reasonable). You can be sued for all the lost payments plus interest, and likely will be when/if they find out.
It’s the same thing as getting an unexpected raise on your paystub, if it’s in error and a reasonable person would believe it’s in error, they’re within their legal right to take the money back.
You’re not wrong. Though I’ll be leaving here soon enough, and I think the risk:reward ratio is good enough to continue until then. And if they’ve let me go this long I doubt they’ll somehow retroactively figure it out after I’m gone.
I’ve somehow been stealing internet from my ISP for like 2 years.
So I moved in to my new apartment. Go down to the local ISP monopoly’s physical store and pick up a modem so I can just plug it in and not wait for a tech or anything. They tell me since it’s been over 5 years since my address was connected they have to send a tech out anyway. Fine. But they let me pay my first month’s service and give me the modem.
Well I get home and plug it in. It works perfectly. Call the ISP and tell them to cancel the tech appointment, they say no problem. An hour later my account to login to the ISP’s website is made inactive. In the next few days I get a full refund for what I paid.
So I figure I’ll call them once my internet stops working and resubscribe. But it has never stopped working. I keep getting mailings from them with deals to sign up for internet. They even knocked on my door once to try to sell me it.
This is a dangerous game you’re playing (despite the Robinhood like dynamic – trust me I hate ISPs too, though I will say AT&T fiber has been quite reasonable). You can be sued for all the lost payments plus interest, and likely will be when/if they find out.
It’s the same thing as getting an unexpected raise on your paystub, if it’s in error and a reasonable person would believe it’s in error, they’re within their legal right to take the money back.
You’re not wrong. Though I’ll be leaving here soon enough, and I think the risk:reward ratio is good enough to continue until then. And if they’ve let me go this long I doubt they’ll somehow retroactively figure it out after I’m gone.