Just got fiber in my area of the US, it’s $60 for 500/500, or $80 for 1000/1000
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Iseja@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Damn 30$ discount. How much do you pay in the states for broadband access. I pay about 40$ each month for a 500/500 connection.
Vyvanse@lemm.ee 6 months ago
ares35@kbin.social 6 months 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)
fourfouroneone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can’t watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
just so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?
fourfouroneone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.
8bitguy@kbin.social 6 months ago
That goes for about $70 here, in a competitive, urban market. $50 for 300.
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 6 months 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.
Iseja@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
8bitguy@kbin.social 6 months 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.
Iseja@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months 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
bran_buckler@kbin.social 6 months 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.
admiralteal@kbin.social 6 months 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.
casmael@startrek.website 6 months ago
Jesus Christ that all sounds terrible
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s germany levels of shitty internet infrastructure. we pay 20€ for 100/60