>we hadn't looked at their bill in a year and because getting cable in their building is a pain in the ass.
Oh come on. Yes, the situation could be better, but this is your parents' problem. Yell at the landlord/condo board/super and get an agreement with cable or at least get them to drop a line in the basement. Cable is dying to get in every building they can.
We have a small remote office in DC and I single-handily got Comcast to run a line to the building (which isn't even ours). All for a $150 a month deal for a 50mbps line. Before we were paying almost that much for 3mbps Verizon 'business' DSL. Another tenant saw it and bought internet and TV and others will probably in the future. Its not hard to get these guys to run these lines. It takes a few months but it happens.
Oh come on. Yes, the situation could be better, but this is your parents' problem. Yell at the landlord/condo board/super and get an agreement with cable or at least get them to drop a line in the basement. Cable is dying to get in every building they can.
We have a small remote office in DC and I single-handily got Comcast to run a line to the building (which isn't even ours). All for a $150 a month deal for a 50mbps line. Before we were paying almost that much for 3mbps Verizon 'business' DSL. Another tenant saw it and bought internet and TV and others will probably in the future. Its not hard to get these guys to run these lines. It takes a few months but it happens.