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At least this somewhat makes sense with satellite. I have a 1gbps down connection and 1 TB cap because my ISP has a monopoly. I pay an arm and leg for this con
by Test0129 4y ago
At least this somewhat makes sense with satellite.
I have a 1gbps down connection and 1 TB cap because my ISP has a monopoly. I pay an arm and leg for this connection. The nearest competitor is basically a town over.
Don't worry, I can pay an extra $150/mo for unlimited data on top of my already $300 connection. I'm not convinced networks should be public utilities but certainly ISPs should be pursued for de facto monopolies. These jerks even tanked my connection during COVID because of all the Netflix consuming the bandwidth at the trunk. Customers paying for 1 gbps down (< 1% of their customer base I'd imagine) should have priority access in times of increased usage. I shouldn't have to compete with a 20 mbps home connection for usage at the astronomical cost I pay for the privilege.
- mackatap 4y ago$300! Wow. I pay about 80 from Comcast for the same service, actually unsure if it has a soft cap. We average about 600gb per month usage. Comcast is also our one and only choice so I am at their mercy with price changes.
- daliusd 4y agoWow 80. I pay 10 euros for about the same.
- zamadatix 4y ago10 Euros for a ~gigabit? That's crazy! In 20 years that's only 200 Euros. Even ignoring the cost of procuring the gear and maintaining it and the business for 20 years I'm not even sure how that covers the transit costs for the data during that time.
- ribosometronome 4y agoPresumably he means per month not per year? As does the people above him paying $80 and $300? So his 20 year payment would be 2400 Euros.
- mackatap 4y agoWhat country would that be in? Sounds amazing! 10 euros for gigabit!
- Symbiote 4y agoPerhaps Lithuania, Latvia, Romania or Bulgaria. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/mobile-and-fixed-broadband-prices-europe-2021 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/mobile-and-...
- Firmwarrior 4y agoInternet access is dirt cheap in Tokyo too Last time I lived in Seoul it was cheap there as well, but that was about 15 years ago.
- daliusd 4y agoThat’s Lithuania. However I am pretty sure it will be more expensive soon.
- Reason077 4y agoDuring Covid I used over 1TB a month on my 5G connection some months. That was back when I was playing a lot of PUBG on Stadia - it could really rip though the data.