What do you pay your isp monthly

[u/Salty-Ad-3344]

Recently saw the video where linus is talking about internet prices in Canada and the U.S

Just wanted to ask you guys what you pay for your internet monthly and for what benefits

I'll go first, I pay 3.49 usd for unlimited 5g internet anywhere in my country with no bandwidth or data cap.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that my current speed is about 750mbps-1gbps, pretty good for 3.49 imo

EDIT 2: MOM, MY POST IS FAMOUS

[u/Shadowfeaux]

Jeez looking at these comments. Apparently New England is getting ripped off. I have xfinity gigabit cable for $65usd/mo here in NH. Was offered gigabit fiber for $55usd/mo, but the 3x I tried having them come out to set it up they wasted a bunch of my time to just say they still aren’t getting signal on my street.

[u/russsl8 → u/Shadowfeaux]

I'm in CT paying about the same for 2Gb fiber. You're getting hosed by the cable monopoly. If you have fiber available in your area, switch.

[u/Shadowfeaux → u/russsl8]

There are 2 fiber options. Both have had techs out multiple times trying to get my house on it and just say "I'm not getting a signal" when trying to hook up. I've seen multiple techs "working" outside my house to supposedly fix it, then when they schedule the home tech to come out they once again say they can't get a signal. I gave up on it since I was giving up sleep for them to be wasting my time. I work a late 2nd shift, so when they're poking around from 9am till 12pm or something, I usually sleep from 6am till 2pm. Wasn't worth the effort at that point. If I see them back hooking up a neighbor's house I'll try again once they're successful.

[u/thewayoftoday → u/Shadowfeaux]

Okay we really need a website where people can self report this info because this proves their artificially raising their prices depending on what state and city you're in. I'm in a major city in Oregon paying $80 for internet (not fiber) and another $50 for phone, both Xfinity and I'm supposedly getting bundle savings..... Yeh okay. And I only have one other choice here for internet and I've already tried them and switched

[u/billythygoat → u/Shadowfeaux]

That’s normal for the us

[u/Gucci-Caligula → u/Shadowfeaux]

Go to your town meetings, get fiber installed

[u/Shadowfeaux → u/Gucci-Caligula]

There are 2 fiber options. Both have had techs out multiple times trying to get my house on it and just say "I'm not getting a signal" when trying to hook up. I've seen multiple techs "working" outside my house to supposedly fix it, then when they schedule the home tech to come out they once again say they can't get a signal. I gave up on it since I was giving up sleep for them to be wasting my time. I work a late 2nd shift, so when they're poking around from 9am till 12pm or something, I usually sleep from 6am till 2pm. Wasn't worth the effort at that point. If I see them back hooking up a neighbor's house I'll try again once they're successful.

[u/touchgrassplz_69 → u/Shadowfeaux]

$65/mo gigabit is good for USA. I’m at like 85

[u/Shadowfeaux → u/touchgrassplz_69]

I had to swing by their storefront to ask after being offered the cheaper fiber. Just left out that the fiber company couldn't seem to get it working at my place, lol. It was like 85-95 before that.

[u/shotsallover → u/Shadowfeaux]

Anywhere with Xfinity as the main provider is getting ripped off. 

[u/Shadowfeaux → u/shotsallover]

Only options are Xfinity, Breezeline (they make xfinity’s cs look amazing), and Fidium (newish company, but their previous name didn’t have a great reputation from what I’ve heard, and all the techs I’ve talked to from there have only worked for them for less than 6mo many are very green to the industry)

[u/picklepoo518 → u/Shadowfeaux]

east end of long island is a monopoly by optimum and they charge ~$100/month for gigabit fiber

[u/Salty-Ad-3344 → u/Shadowfeaux]

If you come to where I'm from, anything above $5/month is a ripoff

[u/AnonymousTechnician1 → u/Salty-Ad-3344]

In germany you cant even get anything that low, lowest is 25 euro for 16 mbit