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The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices::We've long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game about "bridging the digital divide," but they don't collect and share pricing data proving market failure, nor are they capable of admitting monopolies exist and…

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Kinda curious. Americans of lemmy: How much do you pay for internet?

I'm up a bit north Eh. Paying cad$135 (usd~$99.50) monthly before tax for Gigabit with no data cap.

[-] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I’m super lucky. Apartment has integrated dirt cheap symmetrical 1gb for ~$30/mo

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Damn, that's a good deal.

Is rent a bitch to compensate? Or is that decent too.

[-] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Rents not bad (~$1300 w/ utilities ~750sq ft) but most stores are 5-10 min drive. Pretty close to perfect just wish it was in walkable neighborhood

[-] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 4 points 10 months ago

I pay $39.99 USD for 300 megabit symmetrical fiber.

[-] russjr08@bitforged.space 3 points 10 months ago

~$70 for a 500/30 plan on Spectrum over on the east coast for me.

Also no data cap, thankfully...

[-] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

80 for 300/10 but the 300 usually maxes out around 210-250 depending on time of day. Also spectrum, also eastern timezone.

[-] glarf@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

$80/mo symmetrical gig, no cap, fiber. ATT is shit but they've been very reliable with this service, first time I've been a happy customer of theirs.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

75Mbit down / 10 Mbit up with a 1.2TByte monthly cap: $30 a month.

[-] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

You're going to get numbers all over the place lol.

I'm $70 for a gig up and down. My parents are $150 for 150mb down and either 15mb or 25mb up. They also have a 1 gig soft cap before getting throttled.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have symmetrical gigabit for $75/month. It was $65 but Centurylink decided to raise it randomly a few months ago with no warning. The notification that my bill would be going up came after the date they said it would be going up and after I received the increased bill. No data cap though and no extra bullshit fees.

The alternative is through Wave that would not be symmetrical and would come with a cap.

[-] bajabound@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

$137/mo USD total.

Microwave service: $100 for 100/100mbps, 1TB of data. $7.00 for fucking DHCP to be enabled on their router. $30 for an additional 1TB of data.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just went up, but not too bad: $84/mon gigabit symmetrical, and I don’t know of any data cap.

Meanwhile my ex lives in an island of darkness where her HOA has an exclusive contract with Comcast. I believe “the new xFinity 10g network!!!” Is limited to 200/20, plus has horrendous latency, and I think she pays more than me for the abuse

[-] wamasi@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

~75$ for 1gb - Fiber. Otherwise looking at 100$+ for the same with a cap.

~130$ for 100 to 200mb - Starlink. From a relative who lives rural south of me and only has HughesNet as an alternative because the only cable provider doesn't want to service an additional mile for a few houses.

[-] GameEnder@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

$120 USD for 700/20

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

IDK, I think it's around probably around $100 or more because xfinity made it cheaper to bundle with an unnecessary TV service that only my parents really ever use.

I don't know what our actual speed down and up is since we live in an apartment, so that might scew results. All I know is I usually get better speeds in the middle of the night when people aren't active online.

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

$80usd for like 200 mbit down, 10 up. Cable monopoly in my area. FiOS isn't super far away but it isn't getting closer...

[-] jimtahu@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

$56 for 500, no caps

[-] Toes@ani.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

oof getting robbed, Rogers has gigabit for around 80CAD if you negotiate with them. Assuming you're in a city with them

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Only provider available at my address (Telus, ugh).

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] Toes@ani.social 3 points 10 months ago

I'm sure the dark brotherhood will keep them safe

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My friend in the country pays $135 US/month for 400mbps down, 20mbps up (realistic speeds are closer to 50x5), and that's after he negotiated. Originally, they wanted to charge him $150 US. I told him to go elsewhere. He said he has Spectrum or ATT ($65 US/month for 25x5). Pity.

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