I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    I get unlimited 10Gbps symmetric fiber for $40/month. One of the only affordable things in the San Francisco Bay Area, lol

    • @starclaude
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      51 year ago

      what the actual fuck, thats so cheap

      • max20091
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        11 year ago

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      • @uis
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        11 year ago

        Probably lives near datacenter

    • @elscallr
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      21 year ago

      2Gbps symmetric fiber, $70/month, flyover state. Could go up to 5Gbps for another like $20. No data caps. I may never move again.

      • Xusontha
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        11 year ago

        I get half that speed from a plan that costs more, though at least I don’t have data caps and it’s better than other plans I’ve seen

    • LongLive
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      15 months ago

      Off topic: I see that there is “9 more replies” and I am unable to expand the thread… could someone please offer guidance?

    • Xusontha
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      11 year ago

      H O W Can I buy your home please? It would probably be cheaper to do that then keep paying for internet

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Nice houses are over $1.8 million here. Expensive area, but at least the internet is a good deal.

    • @CommanderBAMCIS
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      11 year ago

      You must have Sonic.net like I do. I was so glad the home I bought was in their coverage area. Fuck Comcast.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        Yes!! They’re the best. I switched to Sonic as soon as they rolled out in my area. Availability (or future availability) of Sonic was one of the things I looked for when buying a house.