Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update

Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by hansvm on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @10:58PM (#45742121)

It's a little funny that, by far, the worst power and internet I've ever had [0], both by cost and by quality, has been in the Bay Area. The easiest way I'm aware of for me to cut my internet bill in half, cut my power bill 4x, have 30 fewer days per year containing electrical outages, and get back up to normal fiber speeds is to move to the Midwest.

[0] Excluding anywhere I lived for less than a couple months, like the middle of the Pacific or an exceptionally rough road trip through Wyoming.

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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by kstrauser on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @09:21AM (#45746493)

When was that? Lots of people have solar here, we’ve had maybe 2 power outages for an hour or so in the last decade, and I pay $60 for 10Gbps fiber. Sure, electricity’s cheaper in the Midwest. We’re not exactly deprived of it in the Bay Area though.

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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by hansvm on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:15PM (#45761690)

Here and now, for the last nearly a decade. I pay $70/mo for, on a good day, 20Mbps down, 100Kbps up, 400ms ping, with a data cap. I have at least two major power outages each year and dozens of minor incidents (with the general quality -- phase stability, surges, etc being less than elsewhere I've lived even when it's working). Good utilities are localized in the Bay.

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