Internet cost/speed

justincredible Honorable Admin

37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 12:34 PM

Curious what people around the state (and country) are paying for their internet and how fast their speeds are. In Cincinnati I'm getting 500Mbps (newly upgraded) from Cincinnati Bell for about $55/month (one year price). My co-worker lives in Dayton and he only gets 60Mbps from Spectrum, but I'm not sure what he's paying per month.

j_crazy 7 gram rocks. how i roll.

8,623 posts 30 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 1:41 PM

i'm bundled through fiOS, so it's like 180/month for TV, internet and phone.

QuakerOats Senior Member

11,701 posts 66 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 2:28 PM

$40 from AT&T, need to double check the speed, but I know just about every night from 8-10 pm is does not like to work.

Iliketurtles Senior Member

8,507 posts 37 reps Joined Aug 2010

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 5:34 PM

I have comcast and pay $100 for 100Mbps but its bundled with my cable so not terribly overpriced.

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!

29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 5:44 PM

So we have a cable/internet bundle from Spectrum, in which the bill doesn’t specify what we pay for each service. It’s listed on the account as “starting at 100mbps” but I just did the speed test on their site while on WiFi and it only came up as 37mbps download speed. We have a brand new Linksys wireless modem, so I’m not sure why.

We are researching cutting the cord, because we pay ~$150/month. Just have to figure out what service is going to be best for our needs.

Laley23 GOAT

33,369 posts 133 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 5:59 PM

250mps from Xfinity (only provider I could get here...which is laughable). $65 a month. I have Sling, so $26.50 for cable. Other companies offer more for much less, but I couldn’t get it delivered. Pretty pissed about it because I have so many devices set up through internet, I can’t afford to go much below 250mps.

Commander of Awesome Senior Pwner

24,621 posts 244 reps Joined May 2010

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 6:00 PM

Advertised at 100 MPS but more like 60-80 MPS for ~$60 a month via comcast.

Belly35 Elderly Intellectual

10,015 posts 56 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Oct 30, 2018 11:58 AM

Spectrum cable and internet, completely new equipment, $120.00 mo.

ernest_t_bass 12th Son of the Lama

26,698 posts 204 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Oct 30, 2018 1:45 PM

I live in the country, so we get 7 mbps. SEVEN. It's a wireless connection to base towers from our home dish. It's a local company. We never have any issues with watching internet TV or anything like that. Pr0n never an issue. We pay about $55/month.

Can't wait for the day that this archaic infrastructure is updated, and we catch up with the urban areas.

ernest_t_bass 12th Son of the Lama

26,698 posts 204 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Oct 30, 2018 1:45 PM

posted by Commander of Awesome
Advertised at (UP TO!!!) 100 MPS but more like 60-80 MPS for ~$60 a month via comcast.

FYP

justincredible Honorable Admin

37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009

Tue, Oct 30, 2018 1:56 PM

posted by ernest_t_bass
I live in the country, so we get 7 mbps. SEVEN. It's a wireless connection to base towers from our home dish. It's a local company. We never have any issues with watching internet TV or anything like that. Pr0n never an issue. We pay about $55/month.

Can't wait for the day that this archaic infrastructure is updated, and we catch up with the urban areas.

Woof. I think 5G should fix this issue, I'm looking forward to seeing how that progresses.

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!

29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009

Wed, Oct 31, 2018 4:55 PM

posted by wildcats20
So we have a cable/internet bundle from Spectrum, in which the bill doesn’t specify what we pay for each service. It’s listed on the account as “starting at 100mbps” but I just did the speed test on their site while on WiFi and it only came up as 37mbps download speed. We have a brand new Linksys wireless modem, so I’m not sure why.

We are researching cutting the cord, because we pay ~$150/month. Just have to figure out what service is going to be best for our needs.

Little update on this.

Spoke with Spectrum yesterday. Our bundle package is a “Time Warner Legacy” bundle and the internet speed was to be 30mbps. So we were getting faster speeds than what we were promised. HOWEVER, I had them break down my bill and found out that for that 30mbps we are paying $45. The same $45 that gets us 100mbps on a Spectrum plan. So 1/3 the speed for the same price. That has since been rectified and our bill will be going down $13. Had to close the current account(in my gf’s name) and open a new one with Spectrum in my name.

like_that 1st Team All-PWN

29,228 posts 321 reps Joined Apr 2010

Wed, Oct 31, 2018 7:27 PM

posted by justincredible
Woof. I think 5G should fix this issue, I'm looking forward to seeing how that progresses.

I am looking forward to this as well. I think it is going to completely disrupt the market.

gut Senior Member

18,369 posts 117 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Nov 1, 2018 12:14 PM

posted by like_that
I am looking forward to this as well. I think it is going to completely disrupt the market.

VZW is already talking about offering home broadband packages to compete with cable (probably why they put the brakes on their FIOS roll-out years ago).

But I think people out in the country will be SOL - the range is shorter, so they need to place boxes on basically every telephone poll and building. I suppose it depends on the coverage/efficiency costs, but people out in the boonies shouldn't expect 5G any time soon.

fish82 Senior Member

4,402 posts 36 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Nov 1, 2018 6:37 PM

Spectrum 200 mbps - $65

mcburg93 permaban to basement

3,193 posts 25 reps Joined Dec 2009

Sun, Nov 4, 2018 9:51 AM

Spectrum 100 mbps live in the country and truly not sure how we ended up with spectrum. With cable bundle I pay 145 for cable and internet. I have hbo and showtime as well. Found its better to go into your service cable building and talk to them to get your new deal. They can beat the deals you get on the phone by a few extra bucks. I know for the same package I have now I was paying 180 before a friend told me to go to the store itself and talk to them.

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