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If this got approved, no chance to reduce the price of the broadband. I was shocked for the internet price when I moved to bay area last year, ~$70 for 16M/3M (
by azurezyq 12y ago
If this got approved, no chance to reduce the price of the broadband.
I was shocked for the internet price when I moved to bay area last year, ~$70 for 16M/3M ( I use comcast business, residential may around $40~$50), but in my hometown, a mid-sized city near the east China coast, my father use a 300RMB ($50) / year service for 10M internet.
In my hometown, each apt may at least have two providers with similar bandwidth, but here we have few choices because comcast may hold most of the infrastructure and just no one can compete.
If this merge got approved, over half of US's residential internet infrastructure may under its control, I cannot imagine what will happen. The most expensive internet in the world? maybe.
- cobookman 12y agowouldn't $50 USD have more buying power in china than $70 USD in the US?
- azurezyq 12y ago$50/year service in China $70/month service in US I don't think the buying power difference would be that large.
- shostack 12y agoThat price sounds like you got screwed or are not getting offers similar to other parts of the Bay Area. I moved here last year as well and signed up for a promo that got me 50/7, their Blast service, for ~$45/mo with the intro rate. It went up to ~$70-80+ and I talked them down to just under $70. Then they recently decided to double my bandwidth for the same price and now I regularly get 100/12 for their Blast service. I'm in Mountain View and know someone in SF with a similar package. I JUST have internet, none of the other crap. Their service is what you would expect, and while I fully expect prices to go up on average if this finishes going through, I have to say that I was shocked at what I got for my money here compared to say, Chicago, where there are a few larger ISPs in competition.