My local internet providers internet plan obfuscation...

[wrathofdragon]

Screenshots can't do it justice.... 

Matanuska Telephone Association 

https://www.mtasolutions.com/residential/internet/#step1

 

("Normal"  local ISP for comparison)

GCI 

https://www.gci.com/internet#plans

 

The first one even if you call them they don't tell you exact numbers for the MB/s they just will say it's "optimized for multiple users." I know someone who lives kinda further away from city center in an old suburb, so he gets to share the connection with his next door neighbor (100mbps total, so if his neighbor watching movies or something he only gets around 40mbps down) they also try to upsell you with a " VPN wifi" their branded router with "device security and protection " or "wall to wall wifi router" 

 

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

39 minutes ago, wrathofdragon said:

Screenshots can't do it justice.... 

Matanuska Telephone Association 

https://www.mtasolutions.com/residential/internet/#step1

 

("Normal"  local ISP for comparison)

GCI 

https://www.gci.com/internet#plans

 

The first one even if you call them they don't tell you exact numbers for the MB/s they just will say it's "optimized for multiple users." I know someone who lives kinda further away from city center in an old suburb, so he gets to share the connection with his next door neighbor (100mbps total, so if his neighbor watching movies or something he only gets around 40mbps down) they also try to upsell you with a " VPN wifi" their branded router with "device security and protection " or "wall to wall wifi router" 

 

 

What a bizarre thing, I mean the whole point of paying through the nose for a "dedicated line" is to get a guaranteed speed.  So if they don't tell you the speed, what's the point?

[Donut417]

1 hour ago, wrathofdragon said:

The first one even if you call them they don't tell you exact numbers for the MB/s they just will say it's "optimized for multiple users."

If it were me Id file an FCC complaint. That will light a fire under their ass. They have 3 days to respond to a complaint.