How much do you pay for the internet?

[Darwin333]

I pay $172/mo for FIOS TV with 3 cable boxes and 75/75 internet. It also has a phone line but I've never hooked up a phone the 6 years I've lived in this house. Not sure what the breakdown is though.

You could always just look at your bill, js.

 

[Darwin333]

I think it's absolute BS that you have to enter in an address in order to see pricing. Should be the same exact price nation-wide.

Comcast
250/15
Unlimited, but they have that stupid data chart on my account page with a "cap" that is currently suspended of like 300 or 500GB
$92.95/month

The pricing for the other tiers make zero sense...

15/? - 49.95/month
60/? - 74.95/month
150/? - 89.95/month
250/15 - 92.95/month
400/? - 99.95/month
1000/? - 104.95/month
2000/? - 299.95/month

I'd love to be able to switch but I can't.

Wow, you can go from 250 down to 1,000 down for only $15 more a month.

I'd bet quite a lot that there are limits, at least on the higher tier bandwidths and probably on most of them.

Me, I'm stuck with my current plan with ATT Uverse. I get 45 down and roughly 6 up and I pay $60 a month for it with no other services and I guess that I am grandfathered into my unlimited plan. I could switch to 75 down for the same cost but I'd be capped and fuck that.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Spectrum. 3mpbs for $15. It really isn't enough but if I wanted more going up even a single notch would quadruple the price outright. I can't afford that.

Hey, at least you can still talk to us, and maybe Skype would work, at least voice-only.

I think that there should be a nationwide push, for "$20/mo internet", aka "minimal broadband". Equipment rental extra. (Edit: With NO SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED, and OFFERED EVERYWHERE THAT THEY OFFER SERVICE.) (They could learn a lot from the fast-food industry, with their proliferation of "dollar menus". (+) Really, cable companies need to re-think their business. Not everyone needs unlimited buffet meals, nor takeout every night from a five-star restaurant.)

$20/mo, for 25Mbit/sec down, 3Mbit/sec up (minimum definition of broadband).

That would allow for streaming, playing games online, listening to music (ok, also streaming), as well as an adequate speed for downloading most updates and basic internet content. (But if you want to torrent an entire season of GoT, better pay up for higher-speed uncapped internet. Yaaar! (*))

I have a 15/2 Comcast connection, that I pay slightly under $10/mo for, all in. (Equipment rental free, although I went and bought my own as well.)

Bonus to ISPs like Comcast, Charter, and Verizon: Getting internet deployed like this, can allow for setting up "wifi hotspots", as well as provide up-sell opportunities like faster speeds, or voice/phone or video.

I think that it's a win-win. Because people that CAN afford better, WILL PAY for "better" internet, and yet, there are those of us out there, that like to pay very little for internet connections, and by and large, don't care for over-the-top-speeds for that particular connection, just that they are connected, and can do basic things on the internet.

(+) At least, there's still a LOT of competition in the fast-food industry. They (to my knowledge), haven't tried to lobby congress, to become regulated monopolies, each serving a little "Fiefdom" of customers. Gah, I shouldn't even suggest the though.

(*) Disclaimer, that was an example only, I have never done that. As a matter of fact, I've never watched GoT at all. I'm a "TV Luddite". I only have TV, because they offered me a lower rate on my internet connection.

 

[Sonikku]

What we need is for internet to be regulated like a utility. But that will never happen when Trump's FCC is basically a glorified tool of big business. At this point I think even breaking up the monopolies would be something. But like my first hope, that too will never happen.

 

[VirtualLarry]

What we need is for internet to be regulated like a utility.

I whole-heartedly agree. If Internet was really regulated / billed like a utility, then "the vast majority of users'" bills would go DOWN, while at the same time, the serious, prosumer and/or "arr matey" users' bills would go UP, because they use more internet.

We really need "Net Neutrality Legislation" too, since the FCC abdicated their responsibility over it, in a burst of sheer Republican folly. IF Congress writes a real Bill, and the President signs it into LAW, then it will be effective, just like copyright LAW, and the FCC can't just screw it up on a whim, like they did their regulations.

 

[Meghan54]

We have Internet/TV via the local telephone co., HTC. (Hartwell Tele. Co.) Currently have their fastest "residental" speed...30/5 for $78/mo. TV is another $145 and that's without HBO, Show, etc.

Other alternative is Comcast which has its top tier 'net speed at 18/2 for a nice $65/mo.

Interestingly, HTC is currently laying fiber and we're awaiting our house to be hooked up....been told it's next month for us. It's laid to the house right now. The slowest speed offered will be 100/100 for .... $100/mo.

But I'll pay that because it'll finally have enough bandwidth to support our cutting the TV off from them and streaming DirecTV Now....3 devices for $95/mo with HBO and Showtime. Tried it for a week on their free trial...worked darned well.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

If it were not for the employee discount it would cost me $80/month for symmetric 1 Gig cap-less service through AT&T Fiber. This is funny since AT&T says internally--and maybe externally, too--that 'We are not a telecommunications company anymore. We are a media content company.' And yet 5 of the 6 employees are involved in data and voice distribution. No content creation. FWIW

 

[thebestMAX]

Comcrap Xfinity1. Name for tier and pricing changes daily according to their website which no one can figure out.

Suposed to have Blast but only get 26 down at best and 2 up. Some of that is due to my outdated equipment.

Now they want me to upgrade my modem to docsis 3.1. Guess 3.0 isnt good enough anymore.

 

[ultimatebob]

Right now, I've got Xfinity's 150 Mbit service. With basic (120 channel) TV service, it costs about $125 a month with taxes. When I run speed tests from speedtest.net or fast.com, I seem to average 130-180 Mbit down and 4 Mbit up.

Oddly enough, my internet access doesn't "feel" any faster than Frontier's 25 Mbit service. Sure... big files download faster, but the latency seems to slightly higher. Their "XFi" gateway seems to be pretty flaky as well, and needs to be power cycled every two weeks or so.

 

[Darwin333]

Xfinity Triple Play - 230 channels, Show, Starz, Cinemax- $218/month ($139+$51 devices+$ xtra.fees).
For some weird reason. the Xfinity internet promos (prices and speed) offered in Chicago is not available in my location (25 SW of Chicago).
My next door neighbor has tried DirectTV, Dish Network and AT&T, but eventually went back to the devil called "Xfinity/Comcast" because the previous 3 services "sucks".
FIOS not available.

I would love to cut the cable since I have Netflix, Hulu.. and usenet sources, but some documentaries/sci-fi./live news are not available. Roku with Pluto TV is nice.
Looking at this thing called IPTV.

300 Mbps/18 Mbps capped to 1024GB.

I will never understand what the point of uber fast internet speeds but capped. Not sure how accurate it is but a quick calculator I found from google says that you can max out the cap in 8 hours. WTF is the point of that fast internet if you can max out your monthly transfer cap in 1/3 of a day?

 

[Schfifty Five]

Spectrum (Time Warner) 100/10 internet - $44.99 promotional rate for 12 months (2nd year doing it). I consistently get well above 100 down where I think I'm actually getting 200/10.

Very reliable service here (Dallas, TX)

 

[Chaotic42]

Spectrum 400/20 - $60

I just bought a house, but at my apartment about 30 miles away, I had 1000/1000 from AT&T for $50.

Spectrum works well. Hopefully AT&T gets around to running fiber up here in the hills for the competition if nothing else.

 

[Muadib]

I have FIOS gigabit for $69.99, and I love it. It includes TV, but I never use it as I have directv.

 

[repoman0]

FIOS symmetric gigabit for $80. I opted out of the TV+HBO deal for the same price because you have to rent boxes and I figured they'd jack it up eventually. This isn't an intro deal so it should stick at that price.

 

[13Gigatons]

600/300 for $40
local fiber company (know a guy)
unlimited

 

[Majes]

Antietam cable has a monopoly where I live so I deal with this junk...
$90 a month for 50 down and 5 up. Cap at 750.
Their cheapest package is...
&45 a month for 5 down and 1 up. Cap at 500.

 

[Muse]

My wife was saying that $65 for spectrum 100 mbps/unlimited was to much.

So if you could kindly reply with:

Provider
Speed
Unlimited or capped
Price

Thanks OT

I'm paying about $60/mo. It's Sonic.net, <5mbps DSL download, 0.85mbps upload, unlimited, free landline for continental US included. It's the fastest they can provide me unless I pay for two lines to get maybe 8mbps. It's because they're using AT&T's copper wiring and I'm pretty far from the CO.

They've been filling my mail box for around a year about gigabit fiber coming to this area and a free month. But if you are already a customer (i.e. like me), no free month. They promised October. When that didn't happen I called them and they said November, but I'm still waiting for the email. Presumably I'll NOT pay more than $10 more than I am now. They want me to rent their modem for $10/mo., will see if I can get out from under that. If I rent their modem, they will provide free services to some degree, otherwise they'll charge me for some services if necessary (onsite visits?). Maybe I'll rent for a while, work out the kinks, then buy my own modem (I may have one that will work now), then send their modem back to them and save $10/mo.

Still waiting....

 

[Riverhound777]

Cox
150/10 though I never get that. Just tested now when no one is using it, only got 126/11
Not sure on Cap
$65/m promotional rate, but I always call to get a new promotion when it expires, so it's always promotional rate.

 

[snoopy7548]

Antietam cable has a monopoly where I live so I deal with this junk...
$90 a month for 50 down and 5 up. Cap at 750.
Their cheapest package is...
&45 a month for 5 down and 1 up. Cap at 500.

5/1 in 2018? Jesus...

 

[mrblotto]

Provider Spectrum
Speed 200'ish down/ 10'ish up
Unlimited or capped uncapped
Price $55/mo with my own modamn

 

[Muse]

Provider Spectrum
Speed 200'ish down/ 10'ish up
Unlimited or capped uncapped
Price $55/mo with my own modamn

I'm payin' more than that for my sonic.net crap ~4mbps DSL. They promised me gigabit fiber in October 2018. I have been receiving advertising by mail on average of at least once/month for well over a year. One free month, yippee. A problem is, if you are already a customer (i.e. getting DSL), no free month, but you have to call them to find that out. Meantime, anybody's guess when it will come here. I have seen their trucks in the street working on the poles. The excuse they give is the city has been dragging their feet with the permitting. If you believe that story, I have some underwater property to sell you.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

What we need is for internet to be regulated like a utility. But that will never happen when Trump's FCC is basically a glorified tool of big business. At this point I think even breaking up the monopolies would be something. But like my first hope, that too will never happen.

I whole-heartedly agree. If Internet was really regulated / billed like a utility, then "the vast majority of users'" bills would go DOWN, while at the same time, the serious, prosumer and/or "arr matey" users' bills would go UP, because they use more internet.

We really need "Net Neutrality Legislation" too, since the FCC abdicated their responsibility over it, in a burst of sheer Republican folly. IF Congress writes a real Bill, and the President signs it into LAW, then it will be effective, just like copyright LAW, and the FCC can't just screw it up on a whim, like they did their regulations.

I think the moment it REALLY crossed over into "utility" territory is when plenty of places of work moved to online only applications. Plenty of places like even retail stores these days when you go in and ask for an application they simply tell you "You need to apply online"

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I'm payin' more than that for my sonic.net crap ~4mbps DSL. They promised me gigabit fiber in October 2018. I have been receiving advertising by mail on average of at least once/month for well over a year. One free month, yippee. A problem is, if you are already a customer (i.e. getting DSL), no free month, but you have to call them to find that out. Meantime, anybody's guess when it will come here. I have seen their trucks in the street working on the poles. The excuse they give is the city has been dragging their feet with the permitting. If you believe that story, I have some underwater property to sell you.

I've done that with Comcast plenty.

Everytime my contract runs out I ask for the latest renewal offers. Then I search the web and I'll find better offers. I'll mention the plan advertisement I saw online and was told "Oh that's for new customers only".... Okay, then disconnect me.

I disconnected/cancelled my Comcast and before they could even disconnect my internet I called back the next day and signed up under my wife's name. All of a sudden we qualified as a new customer

If they want to play games then play games back.

 

[Rifter]

Technically ive got 600/50, but in reality its closer to 800/75 at all times. I pay $110 CDN a month.

Im still switching to fiber when the other ISP finally runs it the first day its available(they promised it would be in my building sept 2018 and still is not installed), it will be gigabit up and down for same price im paying now. Cable need to wake the hell up with their total useless upload speeds.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I pay $45 for my cellphone with unlimited everything...but my data speeds fall off at 23GB on my phone usage and are cut off at 50GB for hotspot...which is what I use at home and when I travel. I don't know the speed...it's fast enough for remote desktop and to update my 3.5GB downloads to get my XBOX One updates down.

When I had a cable modem in the house, I used to pay $40 for a 20-30mbit connection and they pushed the price up to $65. That's when I walked and decided to go 100% cell. I have kids and my lifestyle doesn't leave me wanting to be online in the evenings. I say to hell with those companies and their deceptive billing/pricing tactics. I hope more people drop service to drive the prices down.... I figure Spectrum has lost $3k from me along because they pissed me off and lied to me on the phone. I'm not going to consider them again. My next ISP is likely going to be another wireless solution when 5G rolls out to my neighborhood through a local startup that's bringing 5G technology in to compete with the cable companies.