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Mr Pockets said:I pay $60 a month for this... Good enough.
Well here in the UK I pay less than $15 for a similar setup, unlimited, but if you're happy...
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Well here in the UK I pay less than $15 for a similar setup, unlimited, but if you're happy...
Ether_Snake
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France = 30 euros a month for TV, phone, unlimited internet.
I pay fucking $41 for capped internet at 350gb, 5mbps, and $65 for my fucking cellphone, no TV!
I pay fucking $41 for capped internet at 350gb, 5mbps, and $65 for my fucking cellphone, no TV!
SapientWolf
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Here is the section that should have been bolded:
The telecoms chop up the broadband market into pieces in the US rather than competing with each other. The only way to switch cable internet providers is to move, in most cases. It's ridiculous.
The telecoms chop up the broadband market into pieces in the US rather than competing with each other. The only way to switch cable internet providers is to move, in most cases. It's ridiculous.
SouthernDragon
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Yeah, but they are socialists.
They lose! Hooray!
They lose! Hooray!
Yeah, we get raped here so hard in the US.
Europe does at least two things right that we get wrong:
Media (internet, tv, phones)
Vacation time
If I could get HBO Go without directv, I would cancel directv. Instead I pay $80/month for stuff I don't watch so I can get HBO. Fucking absurd. We should have the right as customers to choose what we buy rather than be forced to buy bundles because media conglomerates forced it both on us and on the TV provider.
On top of all of that money being spent on TV, we average nearly 1/3 of TV time on explicit ads, and during the program it's littered with implicit ads. Why the fuck are we paying for losing our time? Netflix + HBO Go and fuck the rest.
To be fair to Time Warner Cable, their internet is impressively reliable. Only gone down briefly a few minutes twice in the some 4 years I've had it.
Europe does at least two things right that we get wrong:
Media (internet, tv, phones)
Vacation time
If I could get HBO Go without directv, I would cancel directv. Instead I pay $80/month for stuff I don't watch so I can get HBO. Fucking absurd. We should have the right as customers to choose what we buy rather than be forced to buy bundles because media conglomerates forced it both on us and on the TV provider.
On top of all of that money being spent on TV, we average nearly 1/3 of TV time on explicit ads, and during the program it's littered with implicit ads. Why the fuck are we paying for losing our time? Netflix + HBO Go and fuck the rest.
To be fair to Time Warner Cable, their internet is impressively reliable. Only gone down briefly a few minutes twice in the some 4 years I've had it.
Buddha Beam
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I think I've got everyone beat. I mean, look at that! I'm faster than 96% of the US! Yeah!
Plus, 5/11 is my birthday. And 64MBs. Like the Nintendo 64, which was awesome.
The good news*, however, is that I think I'm moving to Canada sometime next year from the US.
And by "good news" I mean "bad".
Plus, 5/11 is my birthday. And 64MBs. Like the Nintendo 64, which was awesome.
The good news*, however, is that I think I'm moving to Canada sometime next year from the US.
And by "good news" I mean "bad".
TyrantGuardian
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I'd love to see the FCC play hardball and essentially force these companies into submission through European-style regulation, but as others have said, the companies are probably deep in the lobbying game with politicians.
A lot of it here in the UK depends on which part of the country you are in. I was in Bristol for the last 3 years and was able to get 20Mbps with no caps for £10 a month, but now I have moved back to Surrey and the best I can get is 2Mbps with 100GB cap for £20 a month.
We are supposedly able to get fibre optic in September though.
We are supposedly able to get fibre optic in September though.
When google fiber goes live here next year I will switch immediately, I will cruise our cities roads and walk our cities sidewalks spreading the word, I will set ablaze the homes of the wicked time warner subscribers and drink the blood from their cauterized flesh, I will sing the digital hymn of the end of times and release the long oppressed hostage previously encumbered by Glenn Britts satanic sorcery. Gonna hit up speedtest.com too and see if the latency is better, current speed is fine, but the pings pretty bad.
Unknown Soldier
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Mohonky said:Fuck off. Think you're being raped?
$79 a month, no Phone, no TV. 100gb/100gb On / Off Peak Allowance.
The saddest part is the 'faster than 98% of AU' in the lower right corner. Poor Aussies. ;_;
Remember that Comcast uses Powerboost which inflates Speedtest.net. What I actually pay for is 20mbps and I pretty much get it on the nose after the first 30 seconds of a download.
British Monsoon
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alr1ghtstart said:
Virgin media supposedly have an unspecified 'fair usage' cap, but I'll be damned if I've ever managed to pass that mark, even with the often ridiculously large downloads I make.
captainraincoat
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Internet in aus is pretty good in some spots..heres mine
I have about 500gig for AUD$70 with phone
but all aus plans have crappy uploads and if you sign up with the so-called no cap providers its a downhill slide
I have about 500gig for AUD$70 with phone
but all aus plans have crappy uploads and if you sign up with the so-called no cap providers its a downhill slide
Goldrusher
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The article is a bit misleading, as Europe is big and each country is different.
Only in a handful nations, you can have fast, unlimited and cheap internet and/or triple-play packages.
Only in a handful nations, you can have fast, unlimited and cheap internet and/or triple-play packages.
UnluckyKate
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I pay for 25 mbps (sometimes it goes under with lots of traffic at peak hours like this) and 1mbps up.
20euros, no band caps and with unlimited phone. France.
CrazedProfessional
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captainraincoat said:Internet in aus is pretty good in some spots..heres mine
I have about 500gig for AUD$70 with phone
but all aus plans have crappy uploads and if you sign up with the so-called no cap providers its a downhill slide
In all the speedtest wank threads I have never seen a fellow Aussie with more than 30mb/s.
Are your a wizard?
captainraincoat
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CrazedProfessional said:
No its optus cable with the speedpack
Mecha_Infantry
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Paying about £40 in the UK with 0 download caps
I feel quite ripped off with my speed and cost in "rural" Southern Germany in a 20k people town 30 km from Heidelberg with a 3mb connection for 50. Hey, it could be up to 6mb. Theoretically. Sometimes. Once they lay new cables in a few decades.
My dad has 16 mb in the same town, dammit.
I hate all of you.
My dad has 16 mb in the same town, dammit.
I hate all of you.
Shake Appeal
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Oh wow, Ireland is actually just ahead of the US in that study; I thought we were way behind.
Germany developed pretty fast due to pushing the Deutsche Telekom from their monopol. Still prices for mobile network and high (more than 16k) broadband connections are very high compared to other EU-nations like sweden, or the netherlands.
I pay about ~60/month including telephone and TV.
I pay about ~60/month including telephone and TV.
captainraincoat
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nubbe said:For about 50 a month
id love that upload speed....apparently us aussies will still get the upload limit shaft when the nbn comes out as its apparently capped at 5meg
AceBandage
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$45 for Internet + Digital Cable
PumpkinPie
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I'm from the UK and only have a DL speed of 4MB/S, the whole infrastructure is shit because a private company owns all of the phone lines in the UK. Yeah, you can get another ISP but you still have to pay the owner of the line (British Telecom) every month just for having their cables underneath your house.
Funky Papa
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Spain's broadband is pretty dreadful. It's a clear example of what happens when telecoms start hiring former (and sometimes active) politicians left and right.Kabouter said:
lunarworks
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Internet in Canada is so awesome. We pay $50/month for a 10M/512k connection. CAPPED at 60 GB, with a ridiculous $2/GB overage fee.
BTW, we live in a dense, metropolitan city of 2.5 million people, so the "all spread out" argument doesn't hold any water at all.
BTW, we live in a dense, metropolitan city of 2.5 million people, so the "all spread out" argument doesn't hold any water at all.
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