• @thantik@lemmy.world
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    1182 years ago

    I’d be okay with 200mbps symmetric, with a future goal of 1gbps symmetric. More than ANYTHING, I’m tired of providers providing things like 1gbps down, 10mbps up. And then doing shit like “Here’s you’re 1gbps plan with a 1tb data cap!”

    • Maeve
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      42 years ago

      You get a terabyte cap? Jfc, where I live it’s like a few gigs, and that can cost into the hundreds for maybe 25.

      • @fraydabson@sopuli.xyz
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        32 years ago

        Yeah states with Comcast caps you at 1.2TB unless you pay $50 for the unlimited plan, which I don’t think is even offered everywhere. They discount it to $30 if you use their modem.

        • @Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world
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          42 years ago

          Mine is $30/mo for unlimited (on top of my plan cost) with my own modem.

          Luckily there’s a few FTTH companies that are almost done laying fiber in my area. I’m finally giving comcast the boot.

        • ripcord
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          22 years ago

          It’s $20 for unlimited here with Comcast, or the business plan which is actually less right now for some reason for the same speeds.

          AT&T is unlimited with their gigabit plans or faster. Maybe their 300mbps plan too (heck I guess I’m not sure they have any caps at the moment come to think of it).

          • @fraydabson@sopuli.xyz
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            12 years ago

            It does look like the prices changed recently. I have 2 houses currently with similar plans. My currently living in house is using the Xfinity modem and costs $25 /m but I guess that’s the modem and the unlimited so not too bad.

            My other house has my own network system and not using any Comcast hardware and that one is $30/m.

            The bad part for me was until recently they refused to give me unlimited (when it cost $50) and I wasn’t able to get it for a while. It just wouldn’t go through. I got my fair share of overage charges cause of it. I’m sure if I spent enough time bitching at support I could get something from it but I don’t have it in me to do that lol

        • Sabata11792
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          22 years ago

          I had to get a fucking business plan to not deal with this BS. Still never got half the speed I’m paying for. The only other option is $100 for DSL.

        • Maeve
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          22 years ago

          How much do they charge you to use their modem?

    • @Avg@lemm.ee
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      22 years ago

      My isp used to offer 10mbps up for like a decade, they have recently downgraded it to 5mbps for new subscribers. I’ve uploaded a few things with it and it’s extremely slow. If it wasn’t that I’m only paying $40 for 1gbps down, I’d have switched.

    • BoofStroke
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      12 years ago

      Worse, they do that crap for my business account. Great for the vpn to the office.

      • @Zanz@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        It’s normal for businesses to pay for peak and total bandwidth. That’s one of the reasons why they guarantee speed and availability and should be refunding you if they don’t meet those.

    • @Zanz@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      Things with caps aren’t terrestrial broadband. You can have caps on cell based networks and still be considered broadband. One of the biggest issues is it companies like Comcast and AT&t will offer broadband service in an area but not necessarily offer only broadband service or not let you buy broadband service about also having their TV. And then they claim they’re serving the area because they have broadband speeds or you can pay a bunch of money to have your service uncapped but that’s not really the point of having a broadband connection available in the area.

      • @thantik@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Things with caps aren’t terrestrial broadband.

        Comcast is Terrestrial Broadband and has a 1tb cap. You are simply wrong.

        • @Zanz@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          Comcast has broadband speed plans. They also charge you an extra $30 if you don’t have a TV bundle and then give you an actual broadband plan that’s unlimited. They have also been throwing the unlimited data and router and security bs in more competitive areas but that’s not a nationwide product.

    • Bakkoda
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      12 years ago

      I literally can’t do half of what I want to do online efficiently or in a timely manner because I can barely crack 10 up. I do video work on the side. Takes hours if not days for me to upload something. Even pictures nowadays. Great I’ve got a DSLR for a phone and I can shoot raw. Takes 5 mins to upload a pic.