Comment on Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m getting 270 down and 40 up. Fucking comcast has a monopoly in my area, so I’m paying $120/month for it unless I want to go back to DSL.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    most areas have ISP monolopies, which is somewhat understandable given the high infrastructure costs etc. For that reason they should be regulated as utilities, but aren’t.

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    • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s not understandable at all. The telcos took nearly a trillion dollars from tax payers back in the 2000s to get broadband to everyone in the USA…and they basically stole it.

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      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        …and they basically stole it

        It’s the American way. We’re honestly lucky that it wasn’t feasible for the big telecoms to build their own versions of the Internet, or there’d be several of those too.

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  • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    $150 on Comcast monopoly for 200 down. I use more than 1.5tb a month and a static ip so need a business plan…

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Wow. Every time I read about Comcast I’m reminded why I hate them so much.

      I pay $89/mo for gigabit fiber and a static IP through a local ISP. Not comcast. Hopefully never again.

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    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Hnnng, I’m so glad I don’t have to pay for a static ip

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      • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        They own half the state :/

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  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Lol.

    Meanwhile here I am in the UK with my ADSL at 67MB down.

    Lots of the UK is this way. Some of it is fast though.

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• MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Heavily depends on where you live. I live near a big city on the east coast in a largely Blue state. I have 1 gig FiOS internet (up and down). In my area Comcast and Verizon compete for customers so our speeds here are alright. But there are plenty of areas in the US that have absolutely abysmal internet. Either because the area is rural so not much infrastructure has been built up or because the ISP in that area holds a monopoly on the market and doesn’t have to increase speeds to keep their customers. I’ve heard horror stories of people being stuck with like sub 10mbps because there are just no other options.

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• imTIREDnhungryboss@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  not as fast as some third world countries, but here we worship our soon to be hanging from a fuckin noose wealthy fucks, I will fight any billionaires one on one anytime

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• Alaik@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Highest I’ve ever gotten was 200 down/10 up. My current is 50 down/10 up.

  I pretty much always pay for the highest grade service in the area. Each time I’ve bought a home, I’ve researched the ISPs that service it and that also affected what the homes value was to me.

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• atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I probably have pretty close to the top of the curve with 1140mbps up/down according to my plan. In actuality though my speed test reads at 864 up and 859 down.

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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I pay $60/mo for 1100 down, 50 up with Verizon.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I get 100 down, 50 up, which is the max for my ISP. They’re putting in fiber this year or next, so I’ll probably upgrade once that happens.

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