[RANT] I pay $70/mo for this privilege

I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

buzz,
@buzz@lemmy.world avatar

I had the 1.25 TB a month cap all the time till earlier this year when all of a sudden they ran a symmetric fiber here. Eastern us, not rural at all. I went with 500mbps/50$ a month - dont really need more for myself, but the lack of a cap is just amazing as I ran against the limit so many times before.

conner5,

I pay 40€ /month for 20 Down & 10 Mbit/s but unlimited Traffic…

rx480,
@rx480@lemmy.world avatar

lmfao its 40usd for 50/20 in australia

Gryxx,

I know i’m privileged paying 70 PLN (~17 USD) for symmetrical gigabit link, but holy shit man, that picture hurts.

blendertom,

Yikes. Only 20mbps upload (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

ArmokGoB,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/c151b82d-3d34-40ae-a549-216401fe0249.webp

norav,
@norav@lemmy.world avatar

Consider yourself lucky, I pay around 100 euros for a 100Mb wich does not even reach 40 in download at times. (Italy)

irotsoma,
@irotsoma@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah Comcast has been doing it for a while.

Meanshadows35,
@Meanshadows35@lemmy.world avatar

They really started pushing it right before COVID. Then backed off a bit and now again are really pushing it.

Landrin201,
@Landrin201@lemmy.ml avatar

The FCC is still to my knowledge taking public comments about data caps:

consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests

May be worth people here commenting about how they are ridiculous

rurb,

Look into fixed wireless or 4G/5G home internet. Fixed wireless is sometimes exactly what you need in spots like that. It is not 4G or 5G, sometimes it is just long range WiFi or other lax spectrum.

0ddysseus,

Where I live in Australia, 1 hour out of Sydney, I would pay that for 1/3 the data at 1/3 the speed. Went with starlink instead.

Da_Boom,
@Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

I would totally go with starlink, except I really don’t want to support musk with my money.

Sure the idea is good, but if a competitor were to come out I’d rather go for that. Same thing with Tesla.

Plus where I live in Adelaide we have the ability to get FTTP if we paid them to run the fibre from the curb to the house, but our current 100/40 plan is adequate for our needs.

That said if it’s the only option, I understand that.

kd637_mi,

I was really confused reading the OP at first, wondering what the problem was, then I realised it was just my Australia brain.

Tschuuuls,

Not that you will read 300+comments, but cancel and go with starlink. They probably call you back and offer you an uncapped plan :D

HawlSera,

Datacaps? On Home PC? I don’t even datacaps on my phone and I leave in bumfuck nowhere North Carolina

BubblyMango,

Dont worry, the market will simply regulate itself.

idunnololz,
@idunnololz@lemmy.world avatar

It’s ok. Compeition will drive down prices! I have so many options with internet such as Comcast and Company that pretends to compete with Comcast.

RufusFirefly,
@RufusFirefly@lemmy.world avatar

I think the “invisible hand of the market” swats more people than it helps.

Crashumbc,

I pay $60 for 600d 10u And I’m in a “major” east coast city. I have access to ONE broadband provider. The only difference is I currently don’t have a hard cap, although it I started using more than 1-2TB a month they’d drop me or find a way to force me into a higher tier.

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