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It is. I'm in southern California in a fairly high density area, and my only options until recently were 10mb/1mb cable internet with a 1TB data cap for $60/mon

It is. I'm in southern California in a fairly high density area, and my only options until recently were 10mb/1mb cable internet with a 1TB data cap for $60/month and 1.5mb DSL for $15/month (no data caps though). TMobile recently started offering internet over 5G with no data caps, so I'm going to try that to see if it's better.

BoorishBears 6y ago
Saying it is or isn't true is just wrong, there is no one America. How many EU nations could you fit inside of Texas? I'm in NYC paying $65 a month 500 Mbps (up and down), with no contract, 2 year price lock-in. For $75 my provider offers Gigabit with a lifetime price lock-in, I just don't have a use for it since I'm not big on streaming. In Raleigh, NC I was paying $75 for 500 Mbps, same deal on no contract
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
  It's not meant to be a strict statement. At the same time, based on my personal experience and discussions with colleagues at work (with many remote), broadband access in the US tends to be relatively expensive. The exception to that seems to be where fiber is available, but a lot of the US, even in areas where the population density is similar to Europe, don't have fiber available.
  - BoorishBears 6y ago
    I mean the question was literally "Is it like this across the USA" If anything the answer is, no it's not (see: places I mentioned) But realistically it's a poor question.
    - omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
      I can see that. If I took "across" as "everywhere", it's clearly not. If I take "across" as "in many places in", then I think it is, even in some places with high population density, with the exception being fiber and some locally owned wireless providers.
- whitepoplar 6y ago
  Verizon FiOS?
- awad 6y ago
  Out of curiosity, can you name the providers?
  - BoorishBears 6y ago
    Optimum in NYC. It was a while ago so I'm not hundred percent on NC but iirc it was Spectrum
bronson 6y ago
I'm trying T-Mobile internet now. (super sick of calling Comcast every year when they double my rate so they can lock me into another contract) They sent a 4G LTE modem. I'm getting 5-24 Mbps down, 10-40Mbps up, and 40-60ms ping. It varies quite a bit and, surprisingly, upload is consistently much faster than download. You need to experiment where to put the modem -- 8 feet can make a 10Mpbs difference. The bandwidth seems acceptable for my in-the-sticks area but the latency is noticeable on conference calls. Not sure I'll keep it.

BoorishBears 6y ago

Saying it is or isn't true is just wrong, there is no one America. How many EU nations could you fit inside of Texas? I'm in NYC paying $65 a month 500 Mbps (up and down), with no contract, 2 year price lock-in. For $75 my provider offers Gigabit with a lifetime price lock-in, I just don't have a use for it since I'm not big on streaming. In Raleigh, NC I was paying $75 for 500 Mbps, same deal on no contract

omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
It's not meant to be a strict statement. At the same time, based on my personal experience and discussions with colleagues at work (with many remote), broadband access in the US tends to be relatively expensive. The exception to that seems to be where fiber is available, but a lot of the US, even in areas where the population density is similar to Europe, don't have fiber available.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  I mean the question was literally "Is it like this across the USA" If anything the answer is, no it's not (see: places I mentioned) But realistically it's a poor question.
  - omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
    I can see that. If I took "across" as "everywhere", it's clearly not. If I take "across" as "in many places in", then I think it is, even in some places with high population density, with the exception being fiber and some locally owned wireless providers.
whitepoplar 6y ago
Verizon FiOS?
awad 6y ago
Out of curiosity, can you name the providers?
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Optimum in NYC. It was a while ago so I'm not hundred percent on NC but iirc it was Spectrum

bronson 6y ago

I'm trying T-Mobile internet now. (super sick of calling Comcast every year when they double my rate so they can lock me into another contract) They sent a 4G LTE modem. I'm getting 5-24 Mbps down, 10-40Mbps up, and 40-60ms ping. It varies quite a bit and, surprisingly, upload is consistently much faster than download. You need to experiment where to put the modem -- 8 feet can make a 10Mpbs difference. The bandwidth seems acceptable for my in-the-sticks area but the latency is noticeable on conference calls. Not sure I'll keep it.