My God is American internet awful
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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If you have 100mbps of non bandwidth capped internet in America, you're doing damn good for yourself.
But what if it costs $95/mo, there are no alternatives and the price has nearly doubled in 10 years from $55?
I sure don't feel that great.
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It's a lot better than Australian internet. I'm getting 20-50mbps
I had 2Mbps (yes, bits, not bytes) until 2020. Then I moved out. Pretty sure that my parents house still only gets that same speed. And this is in fucking Germany, a pretty densely populated country.
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That sucks too...
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It depends. I grew up in the country and my parents still have to use phone hotspots for internet which works well for streaming but forget about any gaming. I live in a fairly major metropolitan city now and my internet is pretty good, although I've noticed my download speeds get throttled sometimes
It can be, but I live in a semi-rural neighborhood outside of a town that doesn't even have 100,000 people and I'm still getting 400/400 on fiber (and can get higher speeds if I want to pay for them).
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If you’re going to initiate a new rollout of tech, why rollout already out of date stuff? Just mandate fibre to the prem and 1 gigabit minimum from the start. It will take 15 years to complete anyway!
Government officials in areas where 100 Mbps internet isn’t already available are too busy making sure trans people can’t use the toilet or play high school sports.
That's way too hard for this country.
How will the isps get another government grant to roll out the next bit of outdated tech?
How will the isps get another government grant to ~~roll out the next bit of outdated tech~~ outright refuse to update any infrastructure and perform stock buybacks instead?
FTFY. Google the Connect America Fund if you want your blood pressure to spike. ISPs are notorious for taking taxpayer money and doing fuck-all with it.
Sure, but how is that going to make more money for rich people?
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What about net neutrality? Does anyone remember net neutrality? I'd like that back please. I'd also like the opportunity to publicly flog Ajit Pai as long as we're dreaming.
I would be content with just stealing his comically oversized Reese's mug.
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How is that not already the standard?
where i live my choices are fixed beam wireless internet that caps out at about 75mbps, at&t dsl that caps at 10mbps, satellite or i guess Starlink
But it's a healthy and competitive market right?
super healthy, very competitive
did i mention that i barely get 5G service at my home but if i walk 100ft down to the street i get service?
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At my house I get 500mbps. My store (40 miles away) gets 15mbps. I pay significantly less at home.
Not just that but you have to pay extra to avoid a data cap on the 15mbps line.
Datacaps are incredibly annoying, they are just a cash grab.
Absolutely. That’s exactly what they are.
Symmetric, right? Right?!
Not only that, 100Mbps is so 2018. Quit pussy-footing around, FCC, make the standard 1Gbps, both ways. And make bandwidth caps illegal. I'm lucky enough to not have one but for years I had to put up with a 1TB limit from those Cox suckers until Verizon came to town.
Do United States really doesn't want to live in the 21st century does it?
The slowest speed by internet service provider offers is 250mbps.
We spent like 5k per household to get fiber everywhere in the US. Then the companies who were supposed to do it just decided to take the money and not do it.
And the government continues to give them more money. I've figured it out now.
People want better broadband. ISPs promise to broaden internet. Government gives money. ISPs spend a considerable amount of the promise of better broadband in marketing. Doesn't happen. People still want better broadband. ISPs promise again. Government gives more money. ISPs continue spending on marketing.
Over and over.
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Right???
Didn't we already pay for the infrastructure?
is this about that Connect America Fund where the ISPs took all the money and did fuck all
Several times actually.
You'd think that would be criminal
Welcome to the United States, where consumers built the internet infrastructure that monopolies profit from and fight tooth and nail to prevent communities from providing high speed internet to its residents. Capitalism at its most corrupt: privatize profits and socialize capital costs and losses.
Gigabit symmetrical or GTFO.
I pay something like $110/mo for my symmetrical gigabit fiber line (plus static IP). This should be the standard, not 100Mbps.
I pay €32.5 for gigabit, but honestly it's overkill for most people. I only got it because a competitor of my ISP was doing a promotion which got me from a 50 mbit (60-70 in practise) at around the same price to a gigabit for a year.
I honestly only used it to its full potential downloading a tv show because a certain streaming provider who pulled the plug on family sharing decided my house isn't my house and I couldn't watch the shows I paid to watch.
why just 100Mbps? why not 250? that’s still pretty simple for them to do. also: net neutrality, dammit!
$40 for 2Gb/s symmetrical FTW!
Lucky bastard
Also, where, and how?
sometimes I really worry for the US
I pay 30$ for 1Gb/s down, 250Mb/s up. It's usually around 40$ in the Czech Republic.
And at least 50 up?
And? CableOne promised us 300Mbps, we already had 100. Then they went and renamed themselves Sparklight...
Guess what went out the window?...
I'm paying $25 fo a 20mbps ADSL, but I only get 16down/1up due to the cable degradation.
This is pathetic.
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