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In my case, Spectrum has decided that they want a flashy "gigabit tier", so they provision everything as download bandwidth (940 Mbps), and then only assign 35 Mbps upload.

I'd pay extra for business class service, but it doesn't even help, it's the same speed just with some more guarantees and a stable IP.

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This is why when I found out Fios was available in my area I immediately called. I paid for the highest consumer tier of Spectrum available in my area but the upload speeds were still capped to awful levels (20mbit, at max). I'm not actually getting the symmetrical 1gb/s I pay for with Fios either, but it is worlds better than anything Spectrum would offer me.

It's the same in my area. I have 200/10 now for about $78 month. I don't need more than 100 Mbps down under any circumstance. I would pay nearly $200/month to get on the 940/30 plan here. I don't really feel like paying more than double to get internet that is still painfully slow.

Also the DOCSIS network in my area is such low quality it isn't reliable anyways.

Yeah ever since the pandemic started, speeds average closer to 700 Mbps down (which is still about 3x more than I've ever really needed...). I would gladly pay the same amount for like 100 down/100 up, but then Spectrum couldn't call their service "Gigafast".

Upload speed shenanigans is what pushed me to pursue Comcast's "business tier" gigabit pro fiber and the last 3 or so years have been pure bliss. Unfortunately it's limited to locations right around the corner from fiber so yet another reason I might live in the same place forever, or at least until cheap symmetric 5 gig or more starts becoming the norm.

This is ultimately what drove me away from Spectrum (along with some absolutely piss poor routing that introduced massive lag).

$95/month for 400/20. I don't need all of that download bandwidth, but I could use a bit more upload bandwidth.

Starlink does much the same, no? The median Starlink upload appears to be 14Mbit/sec, per Ookla/Speedtest.

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