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> New York Public Service Commission Chair Rory Christian last week issued an order stating that the law will take effect on January 15. > $15 broadband plans
by nashashmi 2y ago
> New York Public Service Commission Chair Rory Christian last week issued an order stating that the law will take effect on January 15.
> $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, or $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds.
This looks like it will be applied statewide. Not sure if remote parts of the state can handle such heavy connections.
- johnnyanmac 2y agothe $15 plan is about what I expected. the $20 plan is kinda absurd. I'm in CA, but I'm paying 100/month for a 400 Mbps plan.
- eikenberry 2y agoI'm in Oregon and paying $65/mo for symmetrical 1Gb plan which seems more in line with those prices if you scale them linearly. But I have my choice of multiple providers here, so they compete.
- esafak 2y agoThe prices in CA are what's absurd. $100 for 400Mbps in 2025 is gouging.
- bityard 2y agoNah, try living in the midwest suburbs. Comcast charges me $70 for 75 Mbps. I would gladly pay a lower price for less speed by they don't offer anything lower.
- adrr 2y agoThats all suburbs with one real provider. I used to pay $160/m for uncapped 200Mbs with Cox. Then Google Fiber came to my neighborhood and now i pay $100m for 2Gbit.
- ProfessorLayton 2y agoReally depends where in CA. I'm in SF and pay ~$50 for 300Mbps (Comcast), but my parents across the Bay get symmetrical 10Gbps (Sonic) for the same price!
- nobody9999 2y ago>The prices in CA are what's absurd. $100 for 400Mbps in 2025 is gouging. Really? I pay $160 for similar speeds in NYC. Which is more absurd?
- johnnyanmac 2y agoThey are, yes. But my choices here are basically Comcast or AT&T (yes, I'm in a suburb). I'm just choosing my poison. I was using the comparison as a good thing for NYC rather than trying to criticize them when my internet prices are comparatively bad. Some good news is that they seemed to have upgraded the speeds to 600Mbps at some point in the last 2 years. Not out of gouging land, but better.
- timthelion 2y agoHere in Prague I pay $300 a year for 1000/1000 symetric.
- websap 2y agoThat is absurd. In Seattle, I pay $70 for 1 Gbps.
- LeafItAlone 2y ago>the $20 plan is kinda absurd. I'm in CA, but I'm paying 100/month for a 400 Mbps plan. Consider that you are pointing your finger the wrong way, friend.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI meant absurd in a good way. Given my internet is also powering my professional line of work, I'd still probably pay $80/month for double the speeds. But it's great others can get some actually decent internet for a small fraction of the cost.
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- kalleboo 2y agoI'm paying $30/mo for 10 Gbps in Japan, paying $100/mo for 400 Mbps sounds crazy. I get that the last mile infrastructure costs a lot to lay down especially in the U.S. with your crazy local politics, but once that pipe is there the bandwidth to fill it should be cheap.