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[RANT] I pay $70/mo for this privilege (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by itellyouhwhat@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

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[–] conner5@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I pay 40€ /month for 20 Down & 10 Mbit/s but unlimited Traffic...

[–] norav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Consider yourself lucky, I pay around 100 euros for a 100Mb wich does not even reach 40 in download at times. (Italy)

[–] rurb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Look into fixed wireless or 4G/5G home internet. Fixed wireless is sometimes exactly what you need in spots like that. It is not 4G or 5G, sometimes it is just long range WiFi or other lax spectrum.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This makes me seethe and rage and turns my piss to vinegar.

[–] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 2 points 1 year ago

EU - 30 USD 400/200 MBbs fiber no data cap here :)

[–] BeardyGrumps@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Germany calling. Shot internet here. On my village (close to Ulm) telecom will give you a maximum 16mb dsl which in reality is around 8 down for 40€ a month.

Installed Starlink and get 150 to 250 down and 30 up for 65 a month.

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rural area in Latvia, LTE home internet 100 megs down 30 up, unlimited, 19.99€

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow, that's pretty terrible. I can't remember the last time I've seen data caps on home Internet (edit: there were some a while ago, but those were basically cellular-at-home for places that are hard to reach with copper or optic fibre); must've been early 2000s. Right now I get 600 Mbps d/400 Mbps u at home and 10 Mbps d/u cellular (no data cap) for a total of under 30 EUR/mo.

[–] Violette@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

In North America, it's overprice. I pay 50 CAD/mo for 20 giga of 4G Internet on my phone. Like we say in my country, on se fait fourrer solide (we get totally fuck)

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is almost started price in Canada

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[–] Username@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the Netherlands we complain a lot about gas prizes, costs of groceries. et cetera.

But regarding internet we have come a long way. Fiber is available to approximately 50% of the households currently (and they are expanding fast)

Mobile data is really seen as a commodity. 5G with unlimited data is €25/€30 a month (depending on the carrier). Although 5G in the Netherlands is not yet up to speed (3,5GHz will become available soon), the realistic speeds achieved are more then decent. (Benefit of having a crowded, flat country)

[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In the Netherlands we complain a lot ~~about gas prizes, costs of groceries. et cetera.~~

Sorry, moest ik even fixen :)

On topic, I'm in NZ and we tend to be behind in things, but Internet here is awesome. NZ$95 for unlimited 900/500mbps. They are starting to roll out 2.5 gbps.

[–] Username@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Funny, because it's true

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