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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Phoenix87x on December 11, 2017, 06:09:14 PM
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So I am about to get my first place. As I look at internet prices, I keep seeing "part of a package" or stuff like "X amount of dollars for the first 12 months"
I just wanted to get an idea of what just internet alone is going to run? how much do you guys pay?
And second question, for the price you pay, is your internet decent? Fast, slow, satisfied, unsatisfied. Thoughts?
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I pay $76 a month for 250mbps download and 30mbps upload. That includes a 13 channel basic cable plan, 3 of which are Spanish, and none of which are in HD. I never even hooked up the box.
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I pay $25 because I share with neighbors, and that just went up from $20. It's fine speed-wise but I also don't do anything crazy with it. If you're moving into an apartment or something it might be worth looking into if you wanna save some dough! They let me do a trial for a month or so to make sure it worked okay and then started charging me.
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I pay I think 60 or 70. Not sure my speeds but it does everything I need it to do. No cable.
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$64.99 for 100mbps.
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$78. Never had a problem with mine, speeds are fantastic
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Dang that's a lot you guys! My bundle is $40 internet, $80 TV. I have no idea what my speeds are, they are sufficient for my lifestyle, that's all that matters.
My TV bill, that's something I truly hate, but Mrs. Cool Chris needs her Real Housewives and Teen Mom shows, so there's no way I'm getting out of it.
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I pay $75 a month for 1gig up and 1gig down, $125 for cable. If I was single living alone I'd only have the internet which would then cost $100.
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$45.00 for 75 mbps with Comcast. It was a 12 month promotional price.
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$70 a month for 200 mbps from Comcast, not a promo-price and no contract.
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I pay $45/mo after TT&L for 100 down, 15 up. Not bad at all, but I really hate Spectrum with a passion. For all the shit they got TWC was actually pretty good.
Always buy your own cable modem. You can pick up a used docsys 3 modem on eBay for $20, and Comcast probably charges you $10/mo by now to lease the thing.
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I pay $55, I think it's 100mbps, through Comcast. It's technically part of a package with a basic cable lineup as well, but I don't even have that hooked up. It was cheaper than the internet alone, which Comcast doesn't really discount anymore. 12 moth contract, but they've given it to me three years in a row when I call and ask when it runs out.
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Zero...well, technically it's part of a triple-play package deal. I have HD DVRs on 6 TVs, with all the premium channels, internet service, and phone service.
All for around $38.00/mo.
Did I mention I work for Comcast? ;D
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$39.99 for 100/20 for 12 months. I always figure something out every year, and will prob do the same next year. I've stuck with providers in the past and paid as much as $55/mo because there was no other option, but there are 2 options where I live now. I'll worry about it when the time comes.
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Zero...well, technically it's part of a triple-play package deal. I have HD DVRs on 6 TVs, with all the premium channels, internet service, and phone service.
All for around $38.00/mo.
Did I mention I work for Comcast? ;D
Wow, how much would you estimate that would cost a normal customer?
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Did I mention I work for Comcast? ;D
Dearest New World Rushman, thank you so much for mailing me Comcast specials and deals. While I do appreciate being presented with what your company has to offer, I feel I have garnered enough information from these mailings, and do not need to continue receiving them every single fucking week.
Sincerely,
Everybody with a mailbox
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Every week? Try every other day. I'm already a Spectrum customer. I have no choice. I don't need to hear about offers that aren't even as good as what I already have, and they have no mechanism to opt out. This should be what the FTC is for, but the cable companies own them. It's like fucking Brondo.
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I don't blame the FTC. I blame the NALC who insist this is not only reasonable but should be allowed at bulk mail rates, just to ensure their members still have jobs in the 21st century.
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Around $58 per month for 12/2.
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$55 for 75 speed.
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$64/mo
Started at $29.99 two years ago. For some reason it's gone up over 100% but hasn't gotten any better. Reminds me of my fuckin rent.
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Zero...well, technically it's part of a triple-play package deal. I have HD DVRs on 6 TVs, with all the premium channels, internet service, and phone service.
All for around $38.00/mo.
Did I mention I work for Comcast? ;D
Wow, how much would you estimate that would cost a normal customer?
I would imagine around $250-$300?
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I have FIOS and am in my second year. First year was $10 less and final year will be $10 more. Currently $145 after fees and taxes but that's for a faster speed, forget the exact amount, and TV with a DVR, plenty of channels, including HD, and HBO.
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I can only laugh whilst crying at the question since Net Neutrality just died.
I'll say this much: get in while you can and maybe there will be a longer grace period before we all get our butts stretched wide.
I pay about $70 now and somehow get 212 m/b down. I'm guessing to get that in a few months time I'll have to pay hundreds.
If murder were legal.
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I can only laugh whilst crying at the question since Net Neutrality just died.
I'll say this much: get in while you can and maybe there will be a longer grace period before we all get our butts stretched wide.
I pay about $70 now and somehow get 212 m/b down. I'm guessing to get that in a few months time I'll have to pay hundreds.
If murder were legal.
Maybe this conversation belongs in P/R, but I'm very curious to see what will actually happen. Like most political issues, each side has reacted so over-the-top it's hard to see where reality will actually lie.
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I can only laugh whilst crying at the question since Net Neutrality just died.
I'll say this much: get in while you can and maybe there will be a longer grace period before we all get our butts stretched wide.
I pay about $70 now and somehow get 212 m/b down. I'm guessing to get that in a few months time I'll have to pay hundreds.
If murder were legal.
Maybe this conversation belongs in P/R, but I'm very curious to see what will actually happen. Like most political issues, each side has reacted so over-the-top it's hard to see where reality will actually lie.
My bet is that we don't wind up paying much more, if any, for internet. We pay much more for streaming services that aren't part of our cable-co's network. Or, perhaps Comcast just adds an extra package for streaming services. "Like Netflix? Then you'll love our unlimited Netflix streaming package, starting at $19.99/mo. Hulu lovers should click here for our latest offer."
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My bet is that we don't wind up paying much more, if any, for internet. We pay much more for streaming services that aren't part of our cable-co's network. Or, perhaps Comcast just adds an extra package for streaming services. "Like Netflix? Then you'll love our unlimited Netflix streaming package, starting at $19.99/mo. Hulu lovers should click here for our latest offer."
I'm sure the average joe will love that.
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I can only laugh whilst crying at the question since Net Neutrality just died.
I'll say this much: get in while you can and maybe there will be a longer grace period before we all get our butts stretched wide.
I pay about $70 now and somehow get 212 m/b down. I'm guessing to get that in a few months time I'll have to pay hundreds.
If murder were legal.
Maybe this conversation belongs in P/R, but I'm very curious to see what will actually happen. Like most political issues, each side has reacted so over-the-top it's hard to see where reality will actually lie.
My bet is that we don't wind up paying much more, if any, for internet. We pay much more for streaming services that aren't part of our cable-co's network. Or, perhaps Comcast just adds an extra package for streaming services. "Like Netflix? Then you'll love our unlimited Netflix streaming package, starting at $19.99/mo. Hulu lovers should click here for our latest offer."
Yea, its going to come down to something like that I believe as well. I see it as the cable companies trying to make up for lost money from the cable cutters by getting you to pay for those streaming TV services instead of paying for cable.
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Can't find any info on whether or not this site is safe. It's supposed to be for contacting you congress(wo)men in order to preserve net neutrality.
https://www.battleforthenet.com/
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A bit late though, already voted to repeal, although there will be legal challenges. I'm not sure what the general public can do at this point, plus the FCC already ignored the millions of comments against it. So much of being for the people
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A bit late though, already voted to repeal, although there will be legal challenges. I'm not sure what the general public can do at this point, plus the FCC already ignored the millions of comments against it. So much of being for the people
Actually, the FCC drowned out the appeals against it with fraudulent claims of support (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171214/09383738811/two-separate-studies-show-that-vast-majority-people-who-said-they-support-ajit-pais-plan-were-fake.shtml). It didn't ignore them.
In any case, Congress has yet to do anything one way or the other about net neutrality. This was the FCC's decision and Congress might decide to intercede. I wouldn't bet on it, they're afraid of Grabby who's taken the TELCO's side on this, but it's still possible. The truth is that NN is very popular. It's just a matter of whether or not our representatives care more about us or Comcast. In my case I already know the answer, but other people's reps might be less of a shill than mine.
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Ok. I'm still a little confused on what has happened now that the FCC has voted to repeal NN. Are the ISPs going to raise the price of internet browsing further and introduced tiered pricing? If so, when? Can the general public, the majority of which wanted the FCC not do to what they did, do something? What will become of us as regular DTFs viewers?
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There's no expected change in the near future.
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Ok. I'm still a little confused on what has happened now that the FCC has voted to repeal NN. Are the ISPs going to raise the price of internet browsing further and introduced tiered pricing? If so, when? Can the general public, the majority of which wanted the FCC not do to what they did, do something? What will become of us as regular DTFs viewers?
The upshot of all of this for their customers is that the cable companies can now block websites, services, or protocols they don't like. This isn't particularly likely, though. The bigger concern is that on the back end they can throttle services before they get to you. A cable company could charge Netflix beau coup dolleros for the bandwidth to stream their services, while giving Hulu, owned by the same parent company of the cable company, a free ride. Netflix would presumably pass along that cost to their subscribers. Now they cost much more to subscribe to than Hulu. Sucks to be Netflix, I guess.
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^ That, but so much more.
For as much as I agree with you Barto, per norm, I also think that while the general nincompoop's whole doomsday freak out is overblown (because when you tell someone something even marginally bad and they have no idea what you just said, the answer is to freak the fuck out), it has some smidgen of warrant to it. They just gave the greediest, sleaziest, most shady motherfuckers the keys to all of our proverbial cars riding the digital superhighway, that is about as factual as an opinion can get. It's not like Ma and Pa's Net Package will crop up now, as General Paiface seems to infer with his "this will open up new doors for business"/"a more open internet"/"more competition". Bullshit. It's still going to be the titans of the industry, except now Pai gave them even more power. It is an inherent fact of the human condition that if you say to someone "here, if you wish it, you can have more", sure as fuckin' shit 99.9% of people are going to take more with a shit eating grin (that .1% is obviously Kevin Moore).
Now, how much of a shit show this will be is up in the air and yeah, I don't think it's going to ruin all of our lives. But it's not going to be good, and there is more of a chance that Pai says "P.S. All this money is going to be donated to end world hunger!" than things actually "get better" (as if something was wrong to begin with, except the bulging size of his pockets). It's just going to be more money at the end of the day. It sucks, that's all. But y'know, the older I get, the easier it is to deal with shit sucking because it seems that this is sadly the waters we're wading into as the years go on. (I seriously understand my 98 year old grandfathers utter disdain for most of the living world today more and more)
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This is all of course stemming from my massive porn collection being threatened. Forget all the thriving smaller businesses online that can't afford to pay the big bucks that will no doubt die out. My porn man. MY FUCKING PORN.
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On another note, I feel like the guys in the FCC that voted to repeal Net Neutrality are going to watch this speech so many times and will reiterate it so many times to their opposers. Vince McMahon's Life Sucks and then You Die speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8cK7EOSgw
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I probably don't count as I live in a rural area.
I have a WISP. I get my internet from an antenna on the top of a grain elevator across from the retention pond and state highway in front of my house. Company is a Mom and Pop shop. You call the company and 9 times out of 10 it is forwarded to the owners cell phone.
I pay $70 for 6 MB down / 2 MB up. He actually has me provisioned at closer to 8 MB. Throw in another $20 for phone service.
He has already gone on record that the Net Neutrality repeal will have no effect on my service (thankfully) as he offers nothing more than access. He also has no contracts and no bandwidth caps. I could get even faster service but this gets the job done. Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime all run pretty flawlessly.
My only other options are Mediacom and Frontier and they are horrible companies. I'd rather pay a little more to the little guy for stellar service and uptime than less money for faster and more unreliable service.
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20 euros, 100 mbps both ways.
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20 euros, 100 mbps both ways.
Where the hell do you live? Here it'd cost roughly 80€ and only 8 mbps of upstream :'(
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I pay 15 a month for 12Mb/s.
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Just switched to all streaming. $70 a month for 1000 mbps. Although, speed tests show my Ethernet connected devices are ‘only’ getting around 450 mbps and my WiFi fed ones are around 130 mbps. Which has worked out Just fine for us.
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Zero...well, technically it's part of a triple-play package deal. I have HD DVRs on 6 TVs, with all the premium channels, internet service, and phone service.
All for around $38.00/mo.
Did I mention I work for Comcast? ;D
Wow, how much would you estimate that would cost a normal customer?
About $240, plus taxes and surcharges. I know this.
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My bet is that we don't wind up paying much more, if any, for internet. We pay much more for streaming services that aren't part of our cable-co's network. Or, perhaps Comcast just adds an extra package for streaming services. "Like Netflix? Then you'll love our unlimited Netflix streaming package, starting at $19.99/mo. Hulu lovers should click here for our latest offer."
I'm sure the average joe will love that.
Well the average Joe is going to just swear at the cable companies like they have been for the past three decades, then they'll pay it, and life goes on.
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My bet is that we don't wind up paying much more, if any, for internet. We pay much more for streaming services that aren't part of our cable-co's network. Or, perhaps Comcast just adds an extra package for streaming services. "Like Netflix? Then you'll love our unlimited Netflix streaming package, starting at $19.99/mo. Hulu lovers should click here for our latest offer."
I'm sure the average joe will love that.
Well the average Joe is going to just swear at the cable companies like they have been for the past three decades, then they'll pay it, and life goes on.
True, the good thing is we have options, if an ISP starts pulling that crap, we can just switch and go to one of the many great competitors... oh wait. Most of America (myself included) have only one choice for high speed internet.
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Wouldn't something like this be considered to go against the antitrust laws that has been set?
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Wouldn't something like this be considered to go against the antitrust laws that has been set?
Monopolies themselves aren't illegal. Activities to further a monopoly (or create one) are. It's not Comcast's fault that Cox opts not to lay duplicate wiring down in my town, for example. There are alternatives anyway; DirectTV for one.
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To update my internet situation, Spectrum is now calling the internet package that I pay for a 200mbps package (previously 100mbps). The real life speed is the same. Still $64.99.
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Wouldn't something like this be considered to go against the antitrust laws that has been set?
Monopolies themselves aren't illegal. Activities to further a monopoly (or create one) are. It's not Comcast's fault that Cox opts not to lay duplicate wiring down in my town, for example. There are alternatives anyway; DirectTV for one.
Not saying you're wrong, but don't some providers have exclusive rights to the telephone polls that would carry competitor's cabling?
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Yup. But the worse part is that states are passing laws putting up roadblocks to prevent the cities from trying to open up competition. Can't have some forward thinking mayor building his own last mile infrastructure.
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I was a Comcast customer for about 10 years. I had one problem with them but otherwise thought they were alright. Then they traded Dallas to TWC. I was with TWC for 12 years. I had one problem with them but otherwise thought they were really good. Then they merged with Spectrum and sank the fucking ship. After one year I'm having to bail. Really pisses me off that we have such little control over this. I have one other alternative and that's ATT which I despise with a fucking passion. Probably going to have to bite the bullet, though, because at least for right now they want my business. Spectrum sure as hell doesn't.
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I pay around $25-30 for 100 Mbps down / 10 up
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I did a quick negotiation with Verizon the other day, I didn't agree, just wanted to see what they could do for me. They were really giving me trouble and not being honest with me about cutting the TV and just giving me a quote for an internet only price. But it turns out their offer now is cheaper than my current (or previous) offers with them and about the same cost as using their internet and using a TV streaming service. I am likely to call back to claim that quote I think and not cut the cable.