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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] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is almost started price in Canada

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Paying less than 10$ a month for mobile data with unlimited 4g (5g unlimited in this plan for the testing phase). Living in a third world country. Wifi connection is unlimited at 100mbps speed at almost the same amount.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

1000/300 unlimited FTTH for ~20$ in hungary, however this company (digi) was killed by the government, and bought under price by a company (4ig) which is very close to the goverment, and the stateparty, and they did 2 subscription price ups, so 2 years ago it was about 10$... We have "bent capitalism" here which resembles to communism...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Allowance" what the fuck? Aren't they infantilising their customers?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

$70? In Australia I pay $85 for 75/20 unlimited.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hot damn, where can I sign up?!?! I get the same except for a 1.2 TB data cap and pay $130/mo. Xfinity in the Denver metro area. Finally getting fiber this winter, symmetrical gigabit for $90.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

$140 for 30 meg that's usually about 8, unless the neighbors are using it, then I'm lucky to get a 480p stream...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The FCC is still to my knowledge taking public comments about data caps:

https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests

May be worth people here commenting about how they are ridiculous

[–] [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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the same exact boat as you. We have Mediacom or one DSL. They gave me a really good deal for the first year on my 1gig, but after that it's going to be about $140 a month. To make matters worse too, the wiring in my apartment building is REALLY old, so the service cuts out randomly sometimes (All tenants in the building are on splitters sharing one cable with the apartment across the hall.) And of course the landlord said that Mediacom was trying to trick me into spending more money and he would absolutely not run new cable. Internet in rural areas of the US is a total shit show. My connection is somewhat stable now, but I can't wait for something else to come to my area.

And yes I looked into Starlink, my building has a strict NO PUTTING UP ANTENNA policy.

And yes I looked into Mobile Carrier Routers and the fastest I can get is 50mb download with a data cap.

I feel your problem on a spiritual level.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Northeast US here. Fairly healthy competition in my area, the fiber at my home is about $50/mo

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I get unlimited 10Gbps symmetric fiber for $40/month. One of the only affordable things in the San Francisco Bay Area, lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what the actual fuck, thats so cheap

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Denmark: 1gbps up/down with static IPv4 and IPv6 address for 105dkk ($15).

I can reliably get the offered speeds and the connection is unlimited. Pretty happy with that.

Where we lived in Florida we has Spectrum and they didn’t even offer Ethernet. Apartment only had WiFi with router access…

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn. Our symmetrical 500 mbps plan, with no caps, is USD 14 per month

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I pay about $80/mo and have a 1200 GB cap.

It used to be $50 a month with no cap. But "that plan is no longer available" in my area.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

About 63€/68$ for 100/10mbps speed and a 150GB data cap. Including a cable tv subscription.

That's in Europe.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweden: 50 Usd 1gb up/down fiber directly pulled to a media converter located in my house. Not like I had, living in UK, fiber to a telecom box on the street and then Lan cable to my property...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm lucky - I'm in a Midwest town as well (between 1500 to 3000 people) in the US. A couple of years ago, fiber got installed. I'm getting about 900Mbps down and 99 up, no data cap, for $84/month. Before that I also had Mediacom, and the data cap was infuriating. So glad I could switch!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What country are you in the midwest of? That really sucks, I emphasise :-(

I know they have a lot of data aps like that in developing nations still, like those in Africa, but generally in the western world we moved past those around 15 years ago at least, thank the gods. I've not even had a date limit on my phone since 2014, so handy for tethering the laptop when I'm on the move!

I'm in the UK, for reference :-)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I live in the southwest. They're garbage. It's them or CenturyLink on, wait for it, COPPER WIRE!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You have a datacap? Damn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I live in México and pay 1119 MXN (≈ 65 USD) per month for 600/100. It also includes TV channels and a phone line. I'm satisfied with my ISP. They've never had an outage and stuff just works!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you looked at Starlink or T-Mobile 5g home internet?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yikes. I pay $80 a month for 1Gbps up and down with no data cap. It's amazing what happens when one company doesn't have a monopoly in an area. Prices go down and quality of service goes up.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it makes you feel better, I has a similar cap when I lived in Silicon Valley

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I know i'm privileged paying 70 PLN (~17 USD) for symmetrical gigabit link, but holy shit man, that picture hurts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Remember the net neutrality regulations that douchebag scrapped then opted to make a shitty YouTube video about? I do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No fiber available to my house, so I'm stuck with paying ~$85 for 50/2. Or switching ISPs and briefly getting a chair rate for faster speeds, but adding in a data cap and less reliability.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I had been on Mediacom since I moved back to my hometown in 2003. In the beginning it was a nice service other than terrible phone support. Occasionally you'd need to call if the modem took a shit, wiring issues, billing issues, or provision new hardware. I don't know when, let's say 2013, they introduced data caps, tiered plans, and overage fees. Let me just say, fuck you Mediacom, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you! Every year in December and January we'd go over because the kids would get new games for Christmas. They slowed us down, limited usage, and charged us more. Mediacom fucking sucks!

Thankfully, we were lucky to get fiber wired up around town last summer. Many small towns are now running fiber in this area and I couldn't be happier. Service has been exceptional, I pay less than Mediacom ($85/mo), and no bullshit charges. Fast internet that just works. Check out Conxxus and see if they are near where you're living. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm paying 12$ a month for 300 mbps symmetric in India... Though not fair to directly convert into dollars

Edit: no caps on bandwidth

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was shocked when my friend from India told me that for 400 Mbps up and down, he pays only $14/month. Limit: 3.3 TB per month.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

India - $8/mo, symmetrical 150Mbps, unlimited.

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