Could have spent the last few years upgrading capacity but noooooooo, gotta line those executive nests!
Yes, but the reason we consumers prefer those plans isn't because they have data caps, it's because those are the cheapest plans. DUH. They are reaching really hard.
Also, most people don't know enough to realize that cable companies are lying when they say the caps are necessary to provide good service. Customers would also report being in favor of a "blinking light surcharge" if they were told the alternative was having their Netflix be eaten by a grue. Consumer protections don't really mean much if they don't protect against companies preying on ignorance.
Actually, if that's wireless DSL, that's not a terrible deal. As long as you're not torrenting. But it's AT&T, so I know the service will be shitty. I got a buddy in the DFW Metroplex who has AT&T and it's abysmal.
18Mbps is hot trash.
Doesn't make it less shit. Just means that rural areas need better internet.
It's not. It's wired, landline DSL topping out at 18Mb/s. For $50/mo. The signal quality in my area is too poor even for DSL's normal 25Mb/s max. This is why I am currently paying Charter $70/mo for 100Mb/s. I would normally be getting 200Mb/s from Charter for that amount, but like I said, here at the end of the Earth where I live, they haven't upgraded their infrastructure enough yet to give me more than 100Mb/s.
As I said... that's about what Emrys pays for 10.
I have 220MB, and after opening the VPN and VDI for my work, my effective speed is around 5MB. It's a crying shame. I actually open most of the stuff I can open from outside of the network on my private PC simply because it is so much faster than my corporate PC, it's laughable and excruciating.
Depending on how "rural" you are, that's actually way better than most people can find, for 100 mbit and 30ms latency. I think people I know who are currently getting about 3mbit out there pay something like $90+ already.SpaceX revealed their pricing for the Beta of their internet service... $500 one time fee and $100 a month.
No thanks. I wouldn’t pay that for a non-beta service, let alone one that may not even work reliably. I was really hoping this would be something that would kick the telcos in the ass and make them try to compete. Guess not.
The joys of rural internet.
Yeah, I gotta agree... if this eliminates the last mile problem and actually brings high speed to rural locations, I know several places that would grab this in a heartbeat, even at that price.
Forget the speed and latency, what's the data cap? That's a huge deal for people currently on satellite internet. I have a friend who can't watch any streaming video when she's home at her parent's house, because her mom uses their entire cap for business video conferencing, and that's with a business internet account.
If I remember correctly there weren’t any data caps.
Cap info is still as of yet TBA.
That means they already know they're going to have caps and that people won't like it
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