Comment on Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program | Ars Technica

Iseja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In a city a connection like that is probably going to be in the area of $60 to $100. I pay $80 all in for a similar fiber connection.

  Outside of a city you just aren't going to get it.

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  • casmael@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jesus Christ that all sounds terrible

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  • KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s germany levels of shitty internet infrastructure. we pay 20€ for 100/60

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• Vyvanse@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just got fiber in my area of the US, it’s $60 for 500/500, or $80 for 1000/1000

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• ares35@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  paying almost $90 now, here, for supposedly 300mbps that barely ever gets past 60. there are people near me that pay about the same for 1mbps or less dsl (just outside of cable's territory, so dsl is all they have)

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• fourfouroneone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can’t watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.

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  • KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    just so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?

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    • fourfouroneone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.

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• 8bitguy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That goes for about $70 here, in a competitive, urban market. $50 for 300.

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  • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wow. I'm in a competitive exurb market and I'm paying $60 for 1.5 Gbps. It's $25 for 300. $40 for 600.

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  • Iseja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn, this is in a small town in the most northern parts of Sweden and the apartment building is locked down to only one supplier aswell.

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    • 8bitguy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I should have asked. Is that 40 SEK or USD? If it's SEK, I want to be Swedish even more now than before, and frankly, Sweden looks pretty attractive either way. Other than cannabis still being illegal.

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      • Iseja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It is USD, pay 408 SEK where 58 is a invoice fee. Yeah, cannabis is very illegal here in Sweden but kinda easy to get hold of thanks to all the gangs.

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• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When I lived in Sacramento, CA I got 1gbps down, 15 Mbps up for like 100 bucks

  An hour out into the rural areas and I pay 120 for 100 Mbps both ways ON FIBER

  It’s infuriating

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• bran_buckler@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m in an urban area where my apartment building is wired for only one ISP. $92 a month, the speed test I just did was 400 down, 20 up.

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