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Wow, where exactly can I get those prices? I'm in downtown SF and it's $80 not including tax for 200x20 cable. I also don't have the rental fee because I argued
by elipsey 6y ago
Wow, where exactly can I get those prices? I'm in downtown SF and it's $80 not including tax for 200x20 cable. I also don't have the rental fee because I argued with them through three hours and two of my own modems until they finally auth'd my MAC address.
This is the best/cheapest connection I have had; my last connection in NY was 20x5 for $96/mo, also with my own modem. The cable company often tries to sell me a contract TV plan, in exchange for a small temporary package discount, but I un-want TV, so this is not appealing. Also, I hear that in some countries you can't advertise prices that omit tax and surcharges, but here you can.
So I think the US prices in the table are basically fake, where the real prices are about ~2x in my experiance. Just curious whether the prices in other countries are real.
Like can you really get internet for the equivalent of 30-40USD/mo?
- frockington1 6y agoSF and NYC are two of the most regulated and taxed cities, so probably safe to say the are on the high side. I'm in Ohio, internet is around $50/month, could be cheaper if I wanted less bandwidth
- elipsey 6y agothe tax is $4 of the bill, and i bet cable is a regulated monopoly in your city too. if you don't believe me, try starting an isp :p
- 112012123 6y agoDepends heavily on your building. At my last downtown SF building, I paid ~$40/month for a symmetric gigabit fiber line.
- elipsey 6y agolol i'm moving soon, which building?
- mooman219 6y agoThis article's dubiousness feels like the news effect, where if the news reports on something in your domain then you can tell it's complete garbage, but when they switch topics they're suddenly reputable again. I'm doubtful that any of these prices are representative of what the majority of the population has access to.
- js2 6y ago$70/mo for 1Gps symmetric fiber on AT&T in NC and they just threw in HBO Max for no additional fee. Ting sells 5 Mbps symmetric for $19/mo.