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[RANT] I pay $70/mo for this privilege (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

My parents in rural Washington pay $70/month for 10Mbps down. I'm not sure the ISP bothers with a cap.

I have CenturyLink 940/940 here in Seattle with no cap for $65. The alternative is Wave which has a cap and you have to deal with introductory price bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm stuck with Comcast 1200/30 with a 1.2TB cap for $100/mo, it's this or DSL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Down in Oregon, I get either 100mbps through CenturyLink for $65 or 1.2gbps down/30mbps up from Comcast for $130 (with the $30 extra to remove the data cap). I would kill for a symmettical connection even if it were only 500/500.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

neither will give me fiber; wave offered adsl :(

stuck with comcast, which I despise.