We’ve long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game a…

The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices::We’ve long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game about “bridging the digital divide,” but they don’t collect and share pricing data proving market failure, nor are they capable of admitting monopolies exist and…

  • @Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    11•7 months ago

    Kinda curious. Americans of lemmy: How much do you pay for internet?

    I’m up a bit north Eh. Paying cad$135 (usd~$99.50) monthly before tax for Gigabit with no data cap.

    • RussEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      ~$70 for a 500/30 plan on Spectrum over on the east coast for me.

      Also no data cap, thankfully…

    • @glarf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      $80/mo symmetrical gig, no cap, fiber. ATT is shit but they’ve been very reliable with this service, first time I’ve been a happy customer of theirs.

    • SeaJEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      I have symmetrical gigabit for $75/month. It was $65 but Centurylink decided to raise it randomly a few months ago with no warning. The notification that my bill would be going up came after the date they said it would be going up and after I received the increased bill. No data cap though and no extra bullshit fees.

      The alternative is through Wave that would not be symmetrical and would come with a cap.

    • @AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      Just went up, but not too bad: $84/mon gigabit symmetrical, and I don’t know of any data cap.

      Meanwhile my ex lives in an island of darkness where her HOA has an exclusive contract with Comcast. I believe “the new xFinity 10g network!!!” Is limited to 200/20, plus has horrendous latency, and I think she pays more than me for the abuse

    • @bajabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      $137/mo USD total.

      Microwave service: $100 for 100/100mbps, 1TB of data. $7.00 for fucking DHCP to be enabled on their router. $30 for an additional 1TB of data.

    • @Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      You’re going to get numbers all over the place lol.

      I’m $70 for a gig up and down. My parents are $150 for 150mb down and either 15mb or 25mb up. They also have a 1 gig soft cap before getting throttled.

    • @the_tab_key@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      $80usd for like 200 mbit down, 10 up. Cable monopoly in my area. FiOS isn’t super far away but it isn’t getting closer…

    • Dizzy Devil DuckyEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      IDK, I think it’s around probably around $100 or more because xfinity made it cheaper to bundle with an unnecessary TV service that only my parents really ever use.

      I don’t know what our actual speed down and up is since we live in an apartment, so that might scew results. All I know is I usually get better speeds in the middle of the night when people aren’t active online.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘English
      1•7 months ago

      My friend in the country pays $135 US/month for 400mbps down, 20mbps up (realistic speeds are closer to 50x5), and that’s after he negotiated. Originally, they wanted to charge him $150 US. I told him to go elsewhere. He said he has Spectrum or ATT ($65 US/month for 25x5). Pity.

    • Toes♀English
      1•7 months ago

      oof getting robbed, Rogers has gigabit for around 80CAD if you negotiate with them. Assuming you’re in a city with them

    • wamasiEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      ~75$ for 1gb - Fiber. Otherwise looking at 100$+ for the same with a cap.

      ~130$ for 100 to 200mb - Starlink. From a relative who lives rural south of me and only has HughesNet as an alternative because the only cable provider doesn’t want to service an additional mile for a few houses.