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minus-squareIseja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoDamn 30$ discount. How much do you pay in the states for broadband access. I pay about 40$ each month for a 500/500 connection.
minus-squareVyvanse@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoJust got fiber in my area of the US, it’s $60 for 500/500, or $80 for 1000/1000
minus-squarefourfouroneone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can’t watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.
minus-squareKptnAutismus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agojust so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?
minus-squarefourfouroneone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoCorrect. Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhen I lived in Sacramento, CA I got 1gbps down, 15 Mbps up for like 100 bucks An hour out into the rural areas and I pay 120 for 100 Mbps both ways ON FIBER It’s infuriating
Damn 30$ discount. How much do you pay in the states for broadband access. I pay about 40$ each month for a 500/500 connection.
Just got fiber in my area of the US, it’s $60 for 500/500, or $80 for 1000/1000
I pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can’t watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.
just so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?
Correct. Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.
When I lived in Sacramento, CA I got 1gbps down, 15 Mbps up for like 100 bucks
An hour out into the rural areas and I pay 120 for 100 Mbps both ways ON FIBER
It’s infuriating