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So $843.60/yr ($70.3/mo) + a 1-time $361.54 fee? I'd take that deal in a heartbeat. I pay a little over $100 for 1Gbps symmetrical plus a static IP.

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I'd take YOUR deal in a heartbeat. I pay $110/month for 75Mbps down / 10Mbps up and 300GB data. They also constantly harass me with upsells and raise prices 10% per year.

Dang, that's rough. I'll fully admit I got super lucky. My ISP is MetroNet and you wouldn't necessarily think Lexington, KY would have fiber at all or if they did that it would be a good deal but thankfully MetroNet serves my area and has great prices. I wish they were in OH as well so I could move my parents over to them, they are stuck on Spectrum.

They're in Ohio now in a limited area: https://getmetronetinternet.com/availability/#metronet-ohio

They're expanding aggressively in those areas, too.

That’s great news! Still waiting on Columbus/Dublin but I’ll keep an eye out. Last I checked I don’t think they had anything in OH so this is progress.

Yep, we have Metronet here and it has been pretty great (North of Dayton)

I'm also near Dayton. I should just buckle down and get their service. I don't really want to be behind CGNAT and the $10 / mo fee for a static public IP address seems steep. My friends who are using the service like it, though.

I haven’t encountered any issues with CGNAT, nor has my son, who plays way more Xbox than he should. I use Tailscale when I need to access something at home while out and about, and have considered using cloudflare tunnels for hosting from home.

Tangential, but is a brand-new XGPON rollout more expensive to the provider than a DOCSIS 4.0 rollout?

Any gpon is cheaper than any docsis. HFC not only requires laying cables, the equipment is also expensive and it needs more power, so you have to pay for that too.

If you’re in the US, you can try out T-Mobile ISP. I get 300 down/ 20 up pretty consistently and no throttle. Ping sucks but can’t complain at $50 a month.

I second this, it's 5G, just plug in and go. The cheapest wired Internet I could get here in downtown Chicago on my block was $70,000+ installation, then $800 / month. I was spending $400 / month on my cell phone bill just for data before I switched to T-Mobile Home Internet.

How does downtown Chicago not have anything like standard DSL or cable internet packages?

They do in places.. just some city blocks are black holes. I don't know why. The blocks on every side of me have standard DSL and cable connections. I had multiple teams from Comcast, AT&T etc etc out here for surveys. Comcast initially stated it would cost me $68,000 to run a cable from the next block. Then they said that must be an error and sent another survey team out who came back and said yes, it was an error, the real cost would be $71,000.

we're seeing AT&T Fiber in this area (Northern California) offering 2000/2000 for that price. goes up to 5000/5000 too.

it's been a surprisingly stable and solid product.

I currently live in Kazakhstan (Aktobe) and I pay 6000 KZT ($14) for 200 Mb/s symmetrical over fiber, no setup cost. I could get 500 Mb/s for 8000 KZT, but don't really feel any need for it.

It always puzzled me why internet in the US is so expensive. I heard the argument that the sheer size of the US makes the infrastructure expensive, but Kazakhstan is even "bigger" per capita, and not exactly known for being an "advanced economy", yet here we are...

Damn. 120/20 for CAD$60 over here, and I have an actually pretty solid deal as far as Canadian internet prices go.

I wouldn't, 13€/mo for unlimited 1Gbps down, 60M up, static IP and have never been bothered by these limits, especially for the cost (wouldn't hurt to have a higher upload speed since I host some stuff but that has not been a problem yet).

60M up, lmao. Let me guess, HFC

I pay a little over $70/mo for 200Mbx10Mb. If this service were available to me at twice the price I'd still consider it a deal.

That's less than I'm paying for 100/40 Mbit VDSL2.

And, 200 TV channels at no extra cost!

Time. Watching TV costs time - the real unobtanium ;)

I'm on Comcast. I would pay triple that in a heartbeat and smile while doing it.

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