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A survey conducted earlier this year by the Pew Research Center found that 7% of Americans lack access to reliable broadband. One reason for this may be how expensive internet access is in the U.S.
"People in the U.S. pay more for slower internet than people abroad," Open Technology Institute policy analyst Claire Park said. "For many consumers, the cost of getting online right now is simply too high and also too complicated."
The Open Technology Institute has been studying the price and speed of internet services advertised within the United States as well as abroad. Its 2020 Cost of Connectivity Report found that the average advertised monthly cost of internet in the U.S. is $68.38, which is higher than the average price of internet access for all of North America, Europe and Asia.
Outdated infrastructure in the U.S. may also be impeding internet access to millions of Americans, and lawmakers have been debating how to increase internet availability and performance.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Monday October 11 2021, @09:04AM (6 children)
Minimum wage is about 1600 a month here (which means about 9 bucks an hour), with 100/20 Internet costing approximately 30-40 bucks, depending on what ISP you prefer.
If you're happy with less, you can get it for as little as 12 bucks a month, but who'd want to exist on 10mbit down, 1mbit up internet?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday October 11 2021, @03:10PM (2 children)
I was happy with it until I got a 4k TV. 4k needs 25 megs.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Monday October 11 2021, @03:51PM (1 child)
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The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday October 12 2021, @12:12AM
Funny you say that, but you can imagine that in a lot of developing nations (and poorer neighborhoods), cellular data service is the primary/only Internet service feasible for many families. A few obvious cases would be homeless people or nomadic types.
(Score: 2) by SDRefugee on Monday October 11 2021, @05:01PM (2 children)
Shit.. I live in Las Vegas, and I have a choice of Cox, CenturyLink or LVNet. With Cox I get 150/10 for $87/mo, with CL, I get 10mbps for $49/mo, and I forget the rate at LVNet, but as I recall its wireless, and costs more than Cox for less speed. The fun part of this equation, is a friend of mine, who lives a whopping 4 whole blocks from me, who WAS on Cox, is now on CL WITH A FIBER CONNECTION at 100/100 and to twist the knife a bit more, he gets that for their $49/mo "Lifetime" plan.. Here I am 4 blocks from him and all I can get from CL is 10mbps for the same $49/mo "lifetime", so I keep feeding the "Three Letter Monster" otherwise known as Cox their $88/mo.
America should be proud of Edward Snowden, the hero, whether they know it or not..
(Score: 2) by srobert on Monday October 11 2021, @10:32PM (1 child)
Well now I feel ripped off. I'm in Vegas paying Centurylink $70 / mo. for 25 Mbps from a fiber optic. How'd did he get the $49 deal?
(Score: 2) by SDRefugee on Tuesday October 12 2021, @04:18PM
I don't know.. He called me up one day to tell me to check with CenturyLink as he'd just dumped Cox. He's not a techie like me, so I had to read between the
lines to figure out he'd gotten fiber. I asked him how much it was costing, and turns out he had been on the same Cox tier as me, that being their "preferred" at 150/10 and $88/mo. He then said he was paying $49/mo on their "lifetime" plan. I IMMEDIATELY called CL and was told the most I could get was 10mpbs DSL. Yeah, right, I'm going to dump 150/10 for 10mbps??? Not in this lifetime, Sparky.. I guess that whopping 4 blocks is the difference between 100/100 fiber and 10mbps DSL.. So damn sick and tired of Cox..
America should be proud of Edward Snowden, the hero, whether they know it or not..