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 a…
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…
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.
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.
Just went up, but not too bad: $84/mon gigabit symmetrical, and I don’t know of any data cap.
Meanwhile my ex lives in an island of darkness where her HOA has an exclusive contract with Comcast. I believe “the new xFinity 10g network!!!” Is limited to 200/20, plus has horrendous latency, and I think she pays more than me for the abuse
~75$ 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.
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.
$75 USD for me. Gigabit up and down. In practice I generally see just north of 60 MB/s each way. Might go as high as 500 MB/s if I run a speed test when all of my neighbors are asleep. The latency is quite good though.