I've been unsubscribed for just short of 8 years now... and I love sports. I could skimp and scrape and afford it but it's a matter of principle for me.
I have had no downtime/speed issues since moving to them last November.
Accounts related support, very happy. Their technical support however, eish! Tickets takes days, sometimes weeks to be answered. When I joined I called them the find out about their news server. Nobody knew what I was...