ISP costs: Is it just us (US)?

[stevech]

I read so many posts that seem to say that a LOT of people pay less for more than I can get here in California.

$40-50 per month, cable modem, 19Mbps down, 0.9Mbps up, per speedtest every day always, best host server.

Cable modem or DSL, we pay by the speed grade. I can get faster, but the price increase makes it "not worth it".

We may not be unique in having post de-regulation essential monopolies: One cable modem provider per region. One DSL operator with a token competitor trying to resell (AT&T's) infrastructure. Dry-DSL- Ha! forget it. Fiber? Ha, maybe 2% of homes. Hybrid fiber/ADSL (U-Verse) - get serious, it's a silly attempt to do 10's of megabits on ancient copper pairs.

Now I do say that what I have works good enough, if not a good value, in comparison.

Is it just us (US)?

 

[somms]

I read so many posts that seem to say that a LOT of people pay less for more than I can get here in California.

$40-50 per month, cable modem, 19Mbps down, 0.9Mbps up, per speedtest every day always, best host server.

Cable modem or DSL, we pay by the speed grade. I can get faster, but the price increase makes it "not worth it".

We may not be unique in having post de-regulation essential monopolies: One cable modem provider per region. One DSL operator with a token competitor trying to resell (AT&T's) infrastructure. Dry-DSL- Ha! forget it. Fiber? Ha, maybe 2% of homes. Hybrid fiber/ADSL (U-Verse) - get serious, it's a silly attempt to do 10's of megabits on ancient copper pairs.

Now I do say that what I have works good enough, if not a good value, in comparison.

Is it just us (US)?

I'm paying $45/month for my 100Mbps symmetrical FTTH. I could upgrade to insane 1Gbps but I don't own the enterprise-grade networking equip that could utilize the full throughput and the $300/month price my ISP wants to charge for it ain't happening either!

Meanwhile KC is getting 1Gbps Google Fiber dirt cheap at $70/month!

 

[tipstir]

I've looked into Comcast Business option for me here it would be $89 a month to get faster downloads speeds cost 100mb. Still that's a bit high. Doesn't say how much more the modem will be though.

$7 bucks for Cable Modem rental. Ror what I have almost 40mb down. The only issue I don't like about Comcast is that I use get more with Cox. For less and a free Modem.

 

[somms]

$7 bucks for what I have almost 40mb down. The only issue I don't like about Comcast is that I use get more with Cox. For less and a free Modem.

$7/month is almost giving it away for free!

I had no idea Comcast was that cheap in Florida...

 

[stevech]

$7 bucks for what I have almost 40mb down.

We must have misunderstood: " $7/month" for internet service at that speed?

 

[tipstir]

$7/month is almost giving it away for free!

I had no idea Comcast was that cheap in Florida...

No $7 a month for the cable modem from Comcast. COX Westxx brand had maxed out at 43mbp but go over that once. Only once. Again COX gave out free cable modems a few years back.