Study finds American internet prices are "too damn high"

[Cam_Is_Me]

Here is the artcle: http://www.businessinsider.com/america-has-terrible-internet-service-2013-10

 

The article cites a study that looks at several large cities in the US and compares the internet prices to other around the world, basically finds what we all already know, and finds that Asian cities (Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong) have some of the best priced and fastest internet speeds, while the US (might as well throw in Canada and Australia too) lag far behind.  One of only few exceptions to the study results was (you probably already guessed it) Google Fiber. 

 

With that said, how much do you guys pay for your internet connections?

 

I'm currently paying $55 dollars/mo for 15mbps and live pretty close towards the center of Oklahoma.

[Guest]

Paying 10$ for 15megabit

[NohbdyKnows]

im paying 80+ for 25 Mb/s down and 2 Mb/s up  <_<

[M-ursu]

I pay 5€ in a month for 5MB down connection. (unlimited connection)

[guyfromnebraska]

$100+ for 20mb down 2 up

But that price also includes TV and phone

[Sarcasm]

Then you realize every Canadian would kill for US telecom pricing…

[Prikk]

You can get 200mbps in thailand for $55. However, the quality is a lot worst, connecting to foreign websites will still takes forever. The only thing it is good at is torrenting.

I still cant belive im paying $100 for my mobile phone plan with 1of internet.. i cant even 9gag daily!!!

[Vitalius]

I'm paying $40 a month for 3Mb/s down and 1Mb/s up with unlimited caps.

[JaeDee884]

"obligatory comment remind everyone about Australia, the first world country with third world internet."

Seriously, stupid study is stupid. the Americans doing these studies need to stop whinging, and remember they're comparing themselves to smaller countries with a more dense population, higher density=more affordable high speed internet for ISP (not even talking about the end user here copper and fibre ain't cheap to lay, and ain't cheap in general when copper)

also. my speed test

to

those are my highest and lowest speedtests sits on average just below 2
I pay $99 a month for it, and 1TB of data (like I'll ever hit that)

And as anyone in my ts3 will tell you, my packet loss can be over 80% and my ping can hit 9999^

[Freaky_spider]

120 up 40 down 63 euro's include tv and telephone

[wpirobotbuilder]

Paying $45 for 30/15 up/down. That's going to double in about a year and a half (I got a good two-year deal).

 

I won't like paying $90 for the same speed, but I can afford it, very much like the internet speed I have, and I use it. I also don't have phone or cable service, so I can justify it.

 

Especially since the few TV/moves I do watch are online, I don't need cable. Definitely don't need a landline.

[brownninja97]

Here in the Uk we pay £28 for this, it was £45 down yesterday

[MasterJV]

I'm paying $50 to 6 megabit Internet. They are overpriced

[atrash]

How's $48 for 5MB down and 5MB up sounds like? :lol:

[Guest]

$40 CAD for 25/5 up here

could be way worse, just got lucky finding a small local company with a good reputation

[typetheed]

3Mbps Down (throttled to 1.5Mbps from 8pm to 12am on some days of the week)

1Mbps Up

 

$30

 

Verizon says there's no faster plan for my location, even if I wanted to paid more.

My friend a block away has 50/25 Fios service. It's really frustrating.

 

[MagnetSh0CK]

60mbs down 12 up for $80... i guess im lucky, im the only one in my house with a pc too....

[Panda689]

50down/3up mbps for $50 per month. Though it never actually seems to be 50mbps more like 35-40 mbps. And the up speed is always below 2mbps.

[sperkowsky]

50up 30down for 100 dollars a month  but I live across the street from the cablevision offices so I get a little boost not sure why but I do,

 

Oh yeah i live in long island new york btw

[dark-D]

i would trade my 100mb/s up/down (15$) for your lack of VAT. (24% here)

[snowComet]

currently paying HKD$336 (~$43) for 100m fibre in Hong Kong, without contract.With contract I could have 1000m fiber with the money I paid.

Btw,the price of broadband of Hong Kong in that report is not the best deal u could get. There is no fixed price of broadband here in Hong Kong, the price is variated with isps, locations and type of housing. For example if u are living in public housing, u could have 1000m as cheap as around HKD$208(~$27), while u may only hace adsl/vdsl if u were living in country side...

[Youbetternot]

This will go good with this topic

[TopWargamer]

Too dam high you say?

 

[TopWargamer]

This will go good with this topic

 

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[Kilerbomb]

Paying $50/mo. I really wish I had better upload speeds. 

 

Sadly the only other options where I live is some crappy local ISPs and AT&T.

 

One of the terrible local ISPs we have around here:

<_<