We’ve long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game a…

The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices::We’ve long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game about “bridging the digital divide,” but they don’t collect and share pricing data proving market failure, nor are they capable of admitting monopolies exist and…

  • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    361·
    1 year ago

    God I would love to see the government sacrifice Comcast to please us peons.

    Just put their balls in a vice grip already. Fuck.

  • Tosti@feddit.nlEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    Would it just not be better to manage all unavoidable charges to be included in the sticker price?

    For everything, not just broadband.

    • nous@programming.devEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      What?!? But then how are companies going to manipulate their pricing to attract new customers away from their competitors without actually cutting any revenue? They neeeed this to keep their numbers up so they look more attractive to investors and get more money. Are you not thinking of the shareholders? Why won’t anyone think of the shareholders!

      /s … if that was not obvious

  • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    What we truly need is local loop unbundling (remember with landlines, you could switch your phone provider or use different ISPs for DSL, this was possible due to that) to make smaller ISPs enter the market and be able to lease existing last mile and bring back strong antitrust laws to prevent mergers.

    • Pollo_Jack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Nope, nationalize it. Texas has a million energy providers and still hasn’t had prices as low as when it was a public utility. The same applies to every other utility such as water or internet.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Kinda curious. Americans of lemmy: How much do you pay for internet?

    I’m up a bit north Eh. Paying cad$135 (usd~$99.50) monthly before tax for Gigabit with no data cap.

        • Aquila@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Rents not bad (~$1300 w/ utilities ~750sq ft) but most stores are 5-10 min drive. Pretty close to perfect just wish it was in walkable neighborhood

    • Russ@bitforged.spaceEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      ~$70 for a 500/30 plan on Spectrum over on the east coast for me.

      Also no data cap, thankfully…

      • Nommer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        80 for 300/10 but the 300 usually maxes out around 210-250 depending on time of day. Also spectrum, also eastern timezone.

    • glarf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      $80/mo symmetrical gig, no cap, fiber. ATT is shit but they’ve been very reliable with this service, first time I’ve been a happy customer of theirs.

    • bajabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      $137/mo USD total.

      Microwave service: $100 for 100/100mbps, 1TB of data. $7.00 for fucking DHCP to be enabled on their router. $30 for an additional 1TB of data.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Just went up, but not too bad: $84/mon gigabit symmetrical, and I don’t know of any data cap.

      Meanwhile my ex lives in an island of darkness where her HOA has an exclusive contract with Comcast. I believe “the new xFinity 10g network!!!” Is limited to 200/20, plus has horrendous latency, and I think she pays more than me for the abuse

    • Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You’re going to get numbers all over the place lol.

      I’m $70 for a gig up and down. My parents are $150 for 150mb down and either 15mb or 25mb up. They also have a 1 gig soft cap before getting throttled.

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have symmetrical gigabit for $75/month. It was $65 but Centurylink decided to raise it randomly a few months ago with no warning. The notification that my bill would be going up came after the date they said it would be going up and after I received the increased bill. No data cap though and no extra bullshit fees.

      The alternative is through Wave that would not be symmetrical and would come with a cap.

    • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      oof getting robbed, Rogers has gigabit for around 80CAD if you negotiate with them. Assuming you’re in a city with them

    • wamasi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      ~75$ for 1gb - Fiber. Otherwise looking at 100$+ for the same with a cap.

      ~130$ for 100 to 200mb - Starlink. From a relative who lives rural south of me and only has HughesNet as an alternative because the only cable provider doesn’t want to service an additional mile for a few houses.

    • the_tab_key@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      $80usd for like 200 mbit down, 10 up. Cable monopoly in my area. FiOS isn’t super far away but it isn’t getting closer…

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      My friend in the country pays $135 US/month for 400mbps down, 20mbps up (realistic speeds are closer to 50x5), and that’s after he negotiated. Originally, they wanted to charge him $150 US. I told him to go elsewhere. He said he has Spectrum or ATT ($65 US/month for 25x5). Pity.

  • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    The sacrosanct right to fuck people sideways for profit must never be scrutinized. Otherwise god’s wrath will come upon us.