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> 1Gbps [symmetrical] with unlimited data for $79 a month. This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city.

by arresin 2y ago

HPsquared 2y ago
Sounds like a business line or something specialist. What's the average civilian internet like?
- immibis 2y ago
  Australia had a uniquely fucked up fiber rollout (the National Broadband Network or NBN). I don't know if it's still fucked.
doublerabbit 2y ago
> This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city. I'd pay that. I am stuck with 2mb ADSL living in the centre of a major city in Scotland.
- dijksterhuis 2y ago
  Really? I'm on 74/18 down/up in Dundee. https://www.speedtest.net/result/17623286611 https://www.speedtest.net/result/17623286611 (tbf when I was more central dundee it was closer to 20/10).
- dan-robertson 2y ago
  I had thought that Scotland (at least on the west coast) had a natural advantage from transatlantic cables landing there (meaning there is some good backbone infrastructure too) but I think I was just wrong and they mostly terminate around the Bristol Channel.
MonortYp 2y ago
You can’t get symmetrical 1Gbps residential connections, but I imagine the EE plans cost more than $500/m. I’m on Leaptel 1000/400 for $166/m and it’s fantastic. Fingers crossed they offer the nbn multi gig speeds later this year.
- Chilko 2y ago
  It's crazy to me how different it is across the Tasman - in NZ you can get 2 or 4 Gbps symmetrical for $150-180/m NZD in major cities.
semi-extrinsic 2y ago
In Norway this costs $130 a month after you've added the option of having a fixed IPv4 address.
rjsw 2y ago
UK £37 a month, £5 extra for a static IPv4 address.
- wrboyce 2y ago
  With extremely limited availability, the best you can get in most places is 1.8Gbps down and 120Mbps up isn’t it? I know OpenReach have recently announced a 1Gbps symmetric service but I’m not aware of any ISPs offering it yet and the wholesale costs are £1,200/year which is realistically going to translate to about £150+/month retail. I’m with Zen and paying them, I think, £65/month for their 1.6Gbps package (they don’t offer 1.8 for some reason).
  - rjsw 2y ago
    There are alt-net fibre providers with a symmetric service. I am only paying for 500Mbps but could get 2Gbps if I wanted.
msy 2y ago
Aussie Broadband is $150/month for 1Gbps/Down 50Mbs/Up, unless you really need the symmetric that is not representative.
jedberg 2y ago
Intertesting. I get 1Gbps symmetric from AT&T for $90/mo (was $70/mo two years ago when this article was written). I'm in the Silicon Valley and have multiple ISP options (although AT&T is the only 1000/1000 option). I guess our prices stay low because if they went too high it would motivate their competitors to move in.
kalleboo 2y ago
I pay $35/mo for 10 Gbps in Japan https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png
- beezlebroxxxxxx 2y ago
  In Canada, Rogers/Bell would have you assassinated for even suggesting speeds like that are possible in 2025.

> 1Gbps [symmetrical] with unlimited data for $79 a month. This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city.

HPsquared 2y ago

Sounds like a business line or something specialist. What's the average civilian internet like?

immibis 2y ago
Australia had a uniquely fucked up fiber rollout (the National Broadband Network or NBN). I don't know if it's still fucked.

doublerabbit 2y ago

> This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city. I'd pay that. I am stuck with 2mb ADSL living in the centre of a major city in Scotland.

dijksterhuis 2y ago
Really? I'm on 74/18 down/up in Dundee. https://www.speedtest.net/result/17623286611 https://www.speedtest.net/result/17623286611 (tbf when I was more central dundee it was closer to 20/10).
dan-robertson 2y ago
I had thought that Scotland (at least on the west coast) had a natural advantage from transatlantic cables landing there (meaning there is some good backbone infrastructure too) but I think I was just wrong and they mostly terminate around the Bristol Channel.

MonortYp 2y ago

You can’t get symmetrical 1Gbps residential connections, but I imagine the EE plans cost more than $500/m. I’m on Leaptel 1000/400 for $166/m and it’s fantastic. Fingers crossed they offer the nbn multi gig speeds later this year.

Chilko 2y ago
It's crazy to me how different it is across the Tasman - in NZ you can get 2 or 4 Gbps symmetrical for $150-180/m NZD in major cities.

semi-extrinsic 2y ago

In Norway this costs $130 a month after you've added the option of having a fixed IPv4 address.

rjsw 2y ago

UK £37 a month, £5 extra for a static IPv4 address.

wrboyce 2y ago
With extremely limited availability, the best you can get in most places is 1.8Gbps down and 120Mbps up isn’t it? I know OpenReach have recently announced a 1Gbps symmetric service but I’m not aware of any ISPs offering it yet and the wholesale costs are £1,200/year which is realistically going to translate to about £150+/month retail. I’m with Zen and paying them, I think, £65/month for their 1.6Gbps package (they don’t offer 1.8 for some reason).
- rjsw 2y ago
  There are alt-net fibre providers with a symmetric service. I am only paying for 500Mbps but could get 2Gbps if I wanted.

msy 2y ago

Aussie Broadband is $150/month for 1Gbps/Down 50Mbs/Up, unless you really need the symmetric that is not representative.

jedberg 2y ago

Intertesting. I get 1Gbps symmetric from AT&T for $90/mo (was $70/mo two years ago when this article was written). I'm in the Silicon Valley and have multiple ISP options (although AT&T is the only 1000/1000 option). I guess our prices stay low because if they went too high it would motivate their competitors to move in.

kalleboo 2y ago

I pay $35/mo for 10 Gbps in Japan https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png

beezlebroxxxxxx 2y ago
In Canada, Rogers/Bell would have you assassinated for even suggesting speeds like that are possible in 2025.