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I live in Troy, MI (A suburb outside of Detroit) and pay $75 for a 300 Meg Down / 20 Meg Up connection from http://www.wowway.com/. I have lived in silicon valley, but now work in Detroit, the high tech scene in Detroit is one of the best.

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That rate is at least partly because Troy has genuine competition between two cable internet providers (Comcast and WowWay).

Are there any interesting startups in Detroit now? Visited recently and I love the city, I'm curious if there's a decent tech scene.

I live in France and I pay 50€ for 3GB of 4G per month (then bw limited) _and_ 200Mb/s down 50Mb/s up fixed Internet (official speeds but I speedtest them at something like 270 / 70 Mb/s)

There are other operators which are even less expensive (but 4G coverage and upstream fixed network peering changes a bit).

These are wireless prices, correct? Do you not have a wired option?

I believe the prices are for a plan that includes both.

I live in New York and pay $70 for 300 Mbps down / 25+ up from Time Warner.

I live in New York and pay $70 for 300 Mbps down / 25+ up from Time Warner.

NYC also has competition between Time Warner, RCN (who I use) and Verizon FiOS.

I live in St. Pete, FL and pay $104 for 150 Meg Down / 10 Meg Up connection from BrightHouse Networks. Even though VZ FiOS services the surrounding area BrightHouse locked my community in.

Off topic: Any area in St Pete you'd recommend a early 30s tech worker to rent in for a few months?

... and I live smack in the middle of downtown Boston and can't get more than 150 down because nobody wants to give us fiber.

I live in Boston as well. What service provider do you use to get that speed?

Comcast ... I'm on their "Blast" plan.

How do you get those kinds of speeds with Comcast??

He signed up for their 'Blast' plan ;-)

Gotta have DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem with 8 channels. Something like SB6141.

Yep. Don't take ANY equipment from Comcast. I bought a DOCSIS 3.0 Cisco modem and a Cisco 802.11ac Wi-Fi router off eBay and everything has been working very smoothly. Seriously, if you want solid network performance, stay away from household brands and just get Cisco everything.

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