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by Test0129 1315 days ago
At least this somewhat makes sense with satellite.

I have a 1gbps down connection and 1 TB cap because my ISP has a monopoly. I pay an arm and leg for this connection. The nearest competitor is basically a town over.

Don't worry, I can pay an extra $150/mo for unlimited data on top of my already $300 connection. I'm not convinced networks should be public utilities but certainly ISPs should be pursued for de facto monopolies. These jerks even tanked my connection during COVID because of all the Netflix consuming the bandwidth at the trunk. Customers paying for 1 gbps down (< 1% of their customer base I'd imagine) should have priority access in times of increased usage. I shouldn't have to compete with a 20 mbps home connection for usage at the astronomical cost I pay for the privilege.
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mackatap 1315 days ago
$300! Wow. I pay about 80 from Comcast for the same service, actually unsure if it has a soft cap. We average about 600gb per month usage. Comcast is also our one and only choice so I am at their mercy with price changes.
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daliusd 1315 days ago
Wow 80. I pay 10 euros for about the same.
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mackatap 1315 days ago
What country would that be in? Sounds amazing! 10 euros for gigabit!
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Symbiote 1315 days ago
Perhaps Lithuania, Latvia, Romania or Bulgaria.

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/mobile-and-...

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Firmwarrior 1315 days ago
Internet access is dirt cheap in Tokyo too

Last time I lived in Seoul it was cheap there as well, but that was about 15 years ago.

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daliusd 1313 days ago
That’s Lithuania. However I am pretty sure it will be more expensive soon.
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zamadatix 1315 days ago
10 Euros for a ~gigabit? That's crazy! In 20 years that's only 200 Euros. Even ignoring the cost of procuring the gear and maintaining it and the business for 20 years I'm not even sure how that covers the transit costs for the data during that time.
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ribosometronome 1315 days ago
Presumably he means per month not per year? As does the people above him paying $80 and $300? So his 20 year payment would be 2400 Euros.
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Reason077 1315 days ago
During Covid I used over 1TB a month on my 5G connection some months.

That was back when I was playing a lot of PUBG on Stadia - it could really rip though the data.

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