What country? Anyway, good, good.
EDIT: ah, USA. Fix your ISPs already.
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Google has its issues as a company, but I’m pretty happy with symmetrical gigabit for $70.70 a month. I’m pretty sure 2 gigabit, and possibly 5, are also available at my location, but I’d have to upgrade all my network stuff to use that.
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I mean this is nice and all but for it to matter I would need to have options available.
My power company installed fiber on the power lines and started their own ISP. So my co-op is my ISP. Kinda nice
You should call yours and find out if they have any plans for it.
Yea same here. I actually moved to a new area of the country in part to have access to quality municipal fiber.
At the very least, Rocket Money has a service where they call your cable company and get you a reduced rate in exchange for a cut of what you save. It's a lot more convenient and effective than doing it yourself. I hate that the system has come to this, but it's better than paying full price for a service you are basically forced to use.
Weird
Comcast raised my rate my 30% a few weeks ago and I went on a rage filled search for a replacement. The only other providers are either barely usable or starlink.
Call up, say you want to cancel, because you found a deal with another internet provider for whatever low price you paying originally. After they confirm you're "sure you want to leave" they'll offer you the reduced rate in return for you staying on with them. I've done it a couple times now, cuts my internet bill in half for like a year
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Checking the details of my plan revealed they stopped giving me a paperless discount months ago. I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next four hours...
Also confirmed I still get sub 25Mbs upload unless I stick to their most expensive plan... at which point I get sub 40Mbs. I hate to say this, but I miss having an area served by Verizon FiOS.
This is some bullshit if this is in compliance. I had to enter my address for the quote, still doesn't show what the fucking taxes are, or real price.
Edit: Not in compliance "The labels must include any additional monthly charges, one-time fees, early termination fees, and taxes." filed fcc complaint. Fuck Comcast.
“Comcast and other ISPs complained that listing every monthly fee would be too difficult”
This is very hard to reach compliance, but you’re not smart enough to understand why.
sometimes asking a computer to add and multiply numbers is just too hard
They can sure figure it out to bill me. But monitoring my data usage was too hard, so I switched providers. Lucky me, I have exactly one other to choose from, but at least they don't have caps.
I'm guessing they have until the end of the day to be in compliance and they will wait until the very last second.
Ars article was posted on the 10th. This was taken on the 11th.
Well then never mind that, I guess they're just breaking the law.
What? The Corportations that stole billions of dollars given to them to get fiber across the country aren't good people?
Do you really think a gigantic corporation like them would do that‽ just go about and ignore the law in the name of profit?
If their only punishment is a meager fine, then yes it happens all the time. At that point it's simply the cost of doing business.
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I recently switched back to AT&T since they're currently in a non data-cap phase. Hopefully this will keep them there.
It depends on where you live.
Area with competition? No data cap
Area without competition? Data cap
Literally moved from one area to another, both AT&T within 1 hr driving distance from each other. One has a cap. The other doesn't.
You mean they didn't have to tell you price and speed already? Ffs! 🤦
They had to give you a price and a speed, but often that price gets jacked way up with hidden fees, and the speeds they provide are usually just speeds you could get during off peak hours.
Data caps in 2024.. first world country.. allegedly.
Not in my area. Our local ISPs are great, I have 2 options for fiber at affordable prices, with no data caps. Fuck comcast and AT&T - it's the biggest ISPs that push bullshit like that on the public.
first world country
That just means NATO, not high on the human development index.
Actually, the US was downgraded to “developing nation” for lack of nationwide accessible healthcare in 2017.
See, now that terminology works much better! The counterpart to it is "developed" not "first world," though.
Examples:
- "Switzerland is a developed, third world country."
- "The US is a developing, first world country."
(Disclaimer: I'm neither agreeing or disagreeing with folks' assessment of the US, just discussing categories.)
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That is the original meaning. The colloquial meaning is different. Language is fluid.
Absolutely ridiculous that it took this long for them to tell us what they are selling.
GIGA huge MASSIVE!!!!!! (30MBPS)
Blazing fast (compared to throwing your computer into mud pit)
Up to. Actual speeds may vary by time of day, over subscription, lobbying, and the your local consumer protection regulations.
And the tiny text that reads "*30mpbs downlink speed, 5mpbs uplink speed. Studies from the 90s have shown morons like you don't need useful upload speeds lmao"
I'm already a bit mad about 50mbps up on a gigabit down line
Studies from the 90s have shown morons like you don’t need useful upload speeds lmao”
More like "we want you to consoom product and only consoom product. If you want to produce something and host it, we will charge you out the ass for it 'cause obviously that's only a thing profit-seeking businesses do. Wait, you say you want to host your personal passion project as a hobby -- what are you, some sort of motherfucking commie scum??"
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“Today’s nationwide launch of the Broadband Consumer Labels means internet service providers are now required to display consumer-friendly labels at the point of sale,” the Federal Communications Commission said. “Labels are required for all standalone home or fixed Internet service or mobile broadband plans. Providers must display the label—not simply an icon or link to the label—in close proximity to an associated plan’s advertisement.”
The labels are required now for providers with at least 100,000 subscribers, while ISPs with fewer customers have until October 10, 2024, to comply. “If a provider is not displaying their labels or has posted inaccurate information about its fees or service plans, consumers can file a complaint with the FCC Consumer Complaint Center,” an agency webpage says.
Because of course the FCC has a CCC
the FCCCCC, even.
Helpful quote though, thanks.
The democrats just got majority of the FCC in October. They passed this, and are almost ready to reenact Net Neutrality, despite Carr’s stalling tactics.