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The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices (www.techdirt.com)
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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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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (19 children)

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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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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