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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In my native country gigabit fiber internet is less than $9/mo. Broadband prices in the US are absolutely ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Good God I pay 90 a month for 1 gig fiber. What county are you in?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

W. H. A. T.

Sorry, it's so hard to believe, you have to explain how.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I live very rural and my only other option was 500kbps on a good day internet which doesn't work for my software engineering job. So I ended up having to make tons of calls and beg and plead and I finally found a fiber provider who would trench a line directly to my house for me.

Problem is...I'm paying for it for 10 years now.

But it was worth it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I pay 99.95 a month for 50 megs gotta love the local phone cmpny

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's Romania. But I live in the US now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I pay 40€ a month for 250 MBit in Germany :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just over that for 1Gbit in the Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure my parents pay even more for 50 MBit. Live in Germany too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

50€ for 1000/1000 here. My employer covers it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

46€ for the same here.

30€ if I can do with 1000/100 instead, which most people could.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I pay $110 for 2000/2000 fiber. In the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I pay $110 for 300mbs down 10 mbs up, in New York City. I have routine fantasies about what the board of my ISP deserves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

30€/m for 2x2.5Gb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

49€ here, but yeah about 1/10 of the price of some US states is insane.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I pay Comcast $130 for 1000/35

Just Internet, no bundles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you can get the same internet speed for like 10$ in Ukraine. of 4$ for symmetrical 100mbps fiber connection

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to defend those shitbags, but population density plays a large part in infrastructure cost. source

Granted, they've alco received enormous subsidies without intending to fulfill their obligations, but still, it's a significant factor. This country is quite large. I can drive 4h in nearly any direction and still be in state lines. Most of that is farm land.

This is one of the reasons why this should be nationalized because rural areas are still either unserved or underserved by broadband because the cost/benefit analysis doesn't favor the provider enough.

That said, prices are higher than they should be even taking density into account (strictly my opinion). Gigabit fiber should actually be about $15/mo for all regions, (my SWAG*) but the infrastructure just is not there yet. The biggest challenge being the "last mile".

*Sophisticated wild-ass guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t let them tell you it’s the lack of density that is the problem. I live in a major US city with high density, and there is only one provider that offers actual broadband at my address (~$100/mo for 500Mb/s service). The “competition” wants me to pay $50/mo for 20 Megabit DSL.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, it truly is part of the problem and there is no excuse for you to be billed that much. Two things can be true!

I have the option of 200 megabits for $19. It all depends on what infrastructure is already there and how much it costs for them to get the hookup to you whatever it is. I think the real problem is that we're living under their rules which are based on how much money they can make rather than providing equal access for everyone.