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[RANT] I pay $70/mo for this privilege (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago by itellyouhwhat@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

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[-] tripplehelix@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

£30 - 70 down 20 up. No caps UK here.

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[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Wrong, but better than what we get in the UK

[-] CraftyCanine@lemmy.craftycanine.net 1 points 2 years ago

Perhaps unpopular opinion but I don’t know why people are saying they want ISPs to be treated like a utility. Most utilities charge based on how much you use… I don’t have a data cap at the moment but I’d much rather have a cap than a charge per GB used…

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[-] freeman@lemmy.pub 1 points 2 years ago

I pay 95 for 400/12 and 1.2 TB. Count your blessings.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Datacaps? On Home PC? I don't even datacaps on my phone and I leave in bumfuck nowhere North Carolina

[-] eatstorming@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Data caps are everywhere, I'm not sure why you'd think they're a thing of the past. I believe the scenario is more like "you're lucky if your plan doesn't have caps" instead.

1.5T/month is uncomfortable though. One of my VPN services has a 1T/month softcap (speed drastically reduces after that) and it's usually fine for my household, but one person going crazy on YouTube rabbit holes or us binging something on Netflix, pushes that limit fast.

Terrible scenario, but unfortunately I think there's too much money involved for the right thing to be done and this kind of service getting the treatment it should have.

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[-] blendertom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yikes. Only 20mbps upload (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[-] cokane_88@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Im considering 5g home Internet because it's cheaper than cable, 50 vs 80

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