Comcast data cap gone into effect

[highwhey]

I live on a island and my lte pings at or below 50ms. The area I live in is so rural most do rely on lte hotspots. I can’t speak for gaming since in not 10, but there’s no noticeable difference between it and hospital fiber cables*

internet prices have surged since ISP realized people were moving away from cable and towards subscription based apps like netflix. so they figured they can squeeze the shit out of clients via internet service. their sole existence relies on their monopoly. google had their fiber service try and move into Phoenix a couple years ago but Cox managed to **** block them. people hate cox, but they have the rights to Phoenix, the only alternative is centurylink which is not so reliable. i have cox for reference, the internet goes out randomly once-twice a month and usually during the day when i need to work. not to mention they have data caps enabled since like 2018 and continually increase the monthly price.

[Raymone]

I live on a island and my lte pings at or below 50ms. The area I live in is so rural most do rely on lte hotspots. I can’t speak for gaming since in not 10, but there’s no noticeable difference between it and hospital fiber cables*

and what kind of speed? Anything close to gigabit down or up?

Mobile networks simply can't compare currently. That might change with widespread 5g, and I welcome it.

[Raymone]

internet prices have surged since ISP realized people were moving away from cable and towards subscription based apps like netflix. so they figured they can squeeze the shit out of clients via internet service. their sole existence relies on their monopoly. google had their fiber service try and move into Phoenix a couple years ago but Cox managed to **** block them. people hate cox, but they have the rights to Phoenix, the only alternative is centurylink which is not so reliable. i have cox for reference, the internet goes out randomly once-twice a month and usually during the day when i need to work. not to mention they have data caps enabled since like 2018 and continually increase the monthly price.

I also had Cox when I lived in Phoenix. Can confirm they are ****ing awful.

And I'm sure Spectrum/Charter will go the same way when their merger data cap limitations are lifted.

[rawimpact]

so who’s subsidizing for this 10/month plan?
Comcast isn’t going to lose money, they’ve got share holders to answer to so someone is making up for lost revenue.
https://www.internetessentials.com/

hint: you

Wait until we start cutting the cord on internet. Verizon and T-Mobile are already offering lte speed internet for home so it’s starting to happen

Not sure you guys actually read what I typed out, but like i said, it's starting to happen.

As 5G starts to roll out and become the new 4G -- it is capable of gigabit speed and it will only improve from there

Again, like i said in an earlier post -- the era of provider limitation is gone.

[bluechox2]

boycott the internet to get your voice heard

[hold this L]

It's absolutely ****ing disgraceful for any first world country to bother with data caps in today's age with the technology we have.

[bluechox2]

cut down on the porn, you be good

[Meticode]

That sucks. Rightnow there's no cap for me on Spectrum, but that will probably end soon once the contract merger they had several years ago ends. I think I read somewhere they couldn't enforce data caps until 7 years after the merger they had.

Anyway it would suck for me because at one point I was using 3TB+ a month in data. Not anymore, but at one point I was using Google Stadia in 4K, streaming YouTube and YouTube TV and also downloading 4K movies that are usually between 15-30GB a pop. Just downloading The Lord of the Rings trilogy that came out in 4K was over 100GB total. About 40GB per movie. Right now I have over 100 4K movies on my 8TB hard-drive hooked up to my TV.

[Raymone]

Charter withdraws petition to impose data caps earlier than 2023

Buh-bye Pai!

[Meticode]

Charter withdraws petition to impose data caps earlier than 2023

Buh-bye Pai!

It's coming either way for me. I guess it's nice to know it won't happen now this year, but over 2 years from now it will. Although it won't be as bad for me since i stopped streaming games and got a PS5.

[Manny98]

Us UK folk chilling with unlimited internet at half the price as you Americans

[Draz]

That’s the problem.. Comcast. Never been with them and never will. Heard too many horror stories