Comment on Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband

• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow, that would be pretty great, unless there’s a data cap, which makes it useless.

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  • AProfessional@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Caps are allowed but the FCC has shown interest in regulating it. Maybe some decade.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      With caps it’s completely worthless. It’s not broadband if it’s throttled below it.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think 100 is unreasonable, especially if it’s a minimum agreed level of service. Peak usage would absolutely suffer and be hard to maintain at that level.

  I think the should raise it to 25/10 though. 3mbps up sucks for things like video calls. 5 is probably enough, but 3 is just too low.

  I personally have 50/25 ($55/month total), and it’s plenty fast for everything I’ve needed. I plan to upgrade soon when I get on my city’s new fiber network, but I’m unwilling to pay for anything much faster right now.

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