5 May
2023
5 May
'23
9:13 p.m.
On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 16:41, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 21:26, Mike Stein via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think it's generally a case of proximity to a population center. In a
city in the US you can generally get very high speeds at reasonable cost,
at least a couple of hundred mbit/s, but that decreases almost
exponentially as you move farther out. I live in an area that I wouldn't
classify as completely rural but it's not exactly suburban either and my
options are limited to high prices for cable internet - I have 30 mbit/s
down but only 5 mbit/s up for $40/mo, and that's essentially at cost
because my provider is a cooperative. The commercial offerings are even
worse.
-Henry
No doubt many folks do have a need for speed but FWIW I get by fine with
6
Mbps D/L speed, streaming Youtube and local cable
channels, browsing the
web, email & fora, etc.;
... wow.
I had 500Mb/s for ~CzK 1000/mth in Prague. Ballpark ₤30.
Here in the Isle of Man I'm on 100Mb/s and it's a moderate pain. But
for my 1st 2 months here, I had only 16Mb/s at my mum's, and it was
horrible.