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It varies city-to-city, ISP-to-ISP.

When I lived in NYC, I paid $65/month for 200Mbps down, 20Mbps up (Spectrum).

I moved 50 miles south into NJ and I now pay $99/month for 1Gbps down, 1Gbps up (Verizon).

An acquaintance lives in Houston, TX and pays ~$300/month for 5 Gbps down, 5 Gbps up (Comcast).

That said, you will find people who have happy stories about Spectrum/Charter/Cox, and terrible stories about Verizon/Comcast all across the US.

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I signed up for AT&T internet. They told me I could get a phone line at no charge. (Why not, I thought). Several months later of daily spam calls and junk to the point where I just left my phone unplugged, they added a charge for the phone line. I called to cancel the phone line and just go internet only. I was then informed that they no longer offered internet-only plans. (Chris Farley pissed off face)

I called them with great joy a few months later letting them know I was moving and to cancel my service. Never going back to them.

I've had charter and comcast over the years and they're both pretty equally awful

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