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How much does your Internet cost?

How much does your Internet cost?

  • I get it for free

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • $ 0-10

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • $ 10-20

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • $ 20-30

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • $ 30-40

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • $ 40-50

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • $ 50-60

    Votes: 4 14.3%

  • $ 60-70

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • More than $ 70

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • I don't know

    Votes: 3 10.7%
  • Total voters
    28
Helix said:
because we allow cable monopolies and don't build as much public infrastructure. however, i think it's trending toward more competition with high speed wireless. i really feel for those who live way out in the country and have to deal with that ****ty satellite provider. i've read reviews, and pretty much every customer hates them.

if it were up to me, i'd probably use public money to expand access like the REA, which my grandfather worked for as an electrical engineer. of course, that would start all kinds of new fighting about taxes and socialism. until then, enjoy Hughesnet, i guess.

Top 754 Complaints and Reviews about Hughes Network Systems
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It's even worse in some areas. We had 56k dialup a couple years ago, which is still the norm in that county.
 
60-70 for semi slow, down 25% of the time. It sucks, not enough competition in my area.
 
johndylan1 said:
60-70 for semi slow, down 25% of the time. It sucks, not enough competition in my area.
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It's that way in a lot of areas. Say your phone company serves 100K people. Hard for them to afford equipment to begin with and still maintain lines, etc. If spread out over a rural area, it could cost a competitor $10 million or more just to cover the area, doesn't make financial sense for them to come in.
 
Canell said:
BBC News - Why is broadband more expensive in the US?

My net costs me less than $10 per month for 14 mbps (this speed is enough for me).
How about you? :coffeepap
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$170 a month, measured in 50 GB a day. Very exaggerated, but that's what you get for living in the countryside.

Anyway, pretty much everything except alcohol is more expensive in the U.S. (including vacations to other parts of the world). At a certain point you stop questioning it.
 
Morality Games said:
Anyway, pretty much everything except alcohol is more expensive in the U.S. (including vacations to other parts of the world). At a certain point you stop questioning it.
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Yeah, right. :roll: You should check out European gas and real estate prices for instance. Or computer prices. Or car prices.
 
Two houses for $20/mo., but it is only 31.2kpbs. sux. I also buy WiFi for my daughters online college and it is $50/mo., 10mb. No guns, no masks, but I feel robbed.
 
Canell said:
Yeah, right. :roll: You should check out European gas and real estate prices for instance. Or computer prices. Or car prices.
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Fair, although not universally applicable. I guess I was thinking too much in terms of everyday expenses, which for me entailed food, lodging, and transportation.

The infrastructure there for such things is much more developed than in the states.
 
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