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Would be nice if there was an axis on there for broadband speed. I pay $70/month for 1Gbps synchronous (Google Fiber); if you could get that for $20/month in a

by mikece 6y ago

Would be nice if there was an axis on there for broadband speed. I pay $70/month for 1Gbps synchronous (Google Fiber); if you could get that for $20/month in another country that would be a fitting comparison but since "broadband" isn't defined the list is not as meaningful.

cybrjoe 6y ago
In their Excel data they have a column for cost per megabit.
- fomine3 6y ago
  It says $2.31 month for Mbps in Japan average but I don't think it's real. ($231 monthly for 100Mbps? WTF?) FTTH is most popular fixed-line broadband and 1Gbps is common. 100Mbps option is available but not much sold unless apartment don't support fibre but support VDSL. I believe CATVs offers at least 100Mbps. How they calculated?
philjohn 6y ago
And also data caps - I pay £53 a month for 380 down 35 up unlimited (and I've pulled down 3-4TB a month for over a year with nary a nastygram from my ISP), but other places you'll not only pay more, but there will be overage fees if you exceed an arbitrary limit.
Macha 6y ago
Yeah, Ireland is listed as more expensive on average than the UK or Canada, for example, but everything I've heard about the quality of internet services in Canada or the UK leads me to feel that at least outside more rural areas, we get a better quality of service here. For example, I can go to Bell Canada, and spot they have the following prices (prices converted to USD from CAD): * $23 for 10mbit/s with 100GB cap * $40 for 50mbit/s * $75 for 100mbit/s * $90 for 1 gbit/s Also I spot checked a couple of suburbs in quebec city (because everything I'd heard indicated the above was suspicious) to see what the internet availability was like, and the ones I checked all only offered DSL at: * $55 for 5mbit/s with no cap * $46 for 5mbit/s with 50GB cap We're not talking the sticks or some frozen house up super far north here, we're talking suburbs of a decently sized city. Compared to my own ISP, Virgin Media Ireland (prices are post 6 month-introductory prices converted from EUR to USD): * $70 for 250mbit/s * $85 for 500mbit/s * $100 for 1gbit/s They are available in most of the area of our cities and most medium sized towns also. I also checked with eir, who are effectively the ISP of last resort for my parents home where you get DSL also, and they offer: * $35 for 40mbit/s My understanding is this is VDSL2, but not fibre to the cabinet at their particular exchange. The pricing tier is for 100mbit/s but eir are at least upfront with the fact you won't get this at their address. This is a village of a few hundred people that's not along a major infrastructure route between cities or large towns. However, reliability and contention would likely be as bad as the Canadian option from when I lived there. We're not the netherlands here or some of the other central European countries with gigabit for €20/month in Ireland, but I'd still take it over Canadian internet, while the chart implies it to be worse.
- ska 6y ago
  For what it's worth the actual prices in Canada can vary hugely from the advertised price. A family member recently set up symmetric 150 unlimited for $50 USD equivalent (or maybe $55, forget if that was with or without tax). 1Gb would have been 65-70 ish. The way they do this on a 2 year contract is to sign you up for the advertised price, then give you a bunch of different credits (in this case, about $250-$300) to bring it back down. I guess there is a risk you forget to renegotiate at the end of term, but it seems to work over and over.
martin_bech 6y ago
I pay like 40$/month for 1Gbps synchronos fiber (Kazoom) here in Denmark, no caps and BYOD.
alkonaut 6y ago
Fwiw that’s almost exactly my cost too (Stockholm, Sweden). 599Sek=$70 and change. 25% of it is VAT. Its
fermienrico 6y ago
Sonic in Silicon Valley: $50 / 1 Gbps connection. No hidden fees.
- codezero 6y ago
  I just checked their availability site and it said at my address (in Sunnyvale, arguably silicon valley, but maybe not) was $49.99/mo for 24mbps. I tried a second time specifically selecting the 1Gbps fiber option from their top bar and it gave the same result.
- mercutio2 6y ago
  Isn’t it actually $60-65, because they won’t sell you the service without a $10-15/month voice line that I, at least, will never plug an actual phone into? I mean, I’m mostly just annoyed by the dishonesty in the marketing, Sonic service has been awesome, and $65 is still a great deal for truly symmetric 1 Gbps.

by mikece 6y ago

cybrjoe 6y ago

In their Excel data they have a column for cost per megabit.

fomine3 6y ago
It says $2.31 month for Mbps in Japan average but I don't think it's real. ($231 monthly for 100Mbps? WTF?) FTTH is most popular fixed-line broadband and 1Gbps is common. 100Mbps option is available but not much sold unless apartment don't support fibre but support VDSL. I believe CATVs offers at least 100Mbps. How they calculated?

philjohn 6y ago

And also data caps - I pay £53 a month for 380 down 35 up unlimited (and I've pulled down 3-4TB a month for over a year with nary a nastygram from my ISP), but other places you'll not only pay more, but there will be overage fees if you exceed an arbitrary limit.

Macha 6y ago

Yeah, Ireland is listed as more expensive on average than the UK or Canada, for example, but everything I've heard about the quality of internet services in Canada or the UK leads me to feel that at least outside more rural areas, we get a better quality of service here. For example, I can go to Bell Canada, and spot they have the following prices (prices converted to USD from CAD): * $23 for 10mbit/s with 100GB cap * $40 for 50mbit/s * $75 for 100mbit/s * $90 for 1 gbit/s Also I spot checked a couple of suburbs in quebec city (because everything I'd heard indicated the above was suspicious) to see what the internet availability was like, and the ones I checked all only offered DSL at: * $55 for 5mbit/s with no cap * $46 for 5mbit/s with 50GB cap We're not talking the sticks or some frozen house up super far north here, we're talking suburbs of a decently sized city. Compared to my own ISP, Virgin Media Ireland (prices are post 6 month-introductory prices converted from EUR to USD): * $70 for 250mbit/s * $85 for 500mbit/s * $100 for 1gbit/s They are available in most of the area of our cities and most medium sized towns also. I also checked with eir, who are effectively the ISP of last resort for my parents home where you get DSL also, and they offer: * $35 for 40mbit/s My understanding is this is VDSL2, but not fibre to the cabinet at their particular exchange. The pricing tier is for 100mbit/s but eir are at least upfront with the fact you won't get this at their address. This is a village of a few hundred people that's not along a major infrastructure route between cities or large towns. However, reliability and contention would likely be as bad as the Canadian option from when I lived there. We're not the netherlands here or some of the other central European countries with gigabit for €20/month in Ireland, but I'd still take it over Canadian internet, while the chart implies it to be worse.

ska 6y ago
For what it's worth the actual prices in Canada can vary hugely from the advertised price. A family member recently set up symmetric 150 unlimited for $50 USD equivalent (or maybe $55, forget if that was with or without tax). 1Gb would have been 65-70 ish. The way they do this on a 2 year contract is to sign you up for the advertised price, then give you a bunch of different credits (in this case, about $250-$300) to bring it back down. I guess there is a risk you forget to renegotiate at the end of term, but it seems to work over and over.

martin_bech 6y ago

I pay like 40$/month for 1Gbps synchronos fiber (Kazoom) here in Denmark, no caps and BYOD.

alkonaut 6y ago

Fwiw that’s almost exactly my cost too (Stockholm, Sweden). 599Sek=$70 and change. 25% of it is VAT. Its

fermienrico 6y ago

Sonic in Silicon Valley: $50 / 1 Gbps connection. No hidden fees.

codezero 6y ago
I just checked their availability site and it said at my address (in Sunnyvale, arguably silicon valley, but maybe not) was $49.99/mo for 24mbps. I tried a second time specifically selecting the 1Gbps fiber option from their top bar and it gave the same result.
mercutio2 6y ago
Isn’t it actually $60-65, because they won’t sell you the service without a $10-15/month voice line that I, at least, will never plug an actual phone into? I mean, I’m mostly just annoyed by the dishonesty in the marketing, Sonic service has been awesome, and $65 is still a great deal for truly symmetric 1 Gbps.