Mastodawn

Maybe, just maybe, Comcast should have spent all those government subsidies to update its infrastructure to full fiber and not bullshit like packet shaping, inspection and throttling to improve its bottom line and stop customers from using to the fullest extent the very thing we were paying for.

Before I moved, the local government subsidized fiber came into my neighborhood in 6 months (I was pretty far out there in the burbs) and I had 4gbit fiber for $80 a month compared to the forced triple play package I was locked into so I could have the fastest speed from Comcast (800mbit/30mbit) for astounding $350 a month. Top that off, I had a data cap I nearly exceeded monthly of 1tb and that cost and additional $50 for “unlimited“.

So good riddance Comcast/xfinity.

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daq Jan 31

Fucking hate all the coax providers. Absolute monopoly granted to them in insane. I’m stuck with an even worse one - Spectrum. No other options where I live. Tmo home internet is cheaper but it’s not reliable enough despite a $400 antenna pointed directly at their tower. And CGNAT breaks a ton of shit.

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aeiou_ckr Jan 31

My experience with T-Mobile home Internet was awful but I swapped to a T-Mobile business Internet plan. For the same cost I was now able to use my own hardware. All I had was a SIM from them. At best I have gotten 750ish MB down and 200ish MB up. For $50, not bad if you other option is coax.

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daq Jan 31

$70, not $50. And this breaks the deal: www.t-mobile.com/business/filtering

Not really usable at home.

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aeiou_ckr

Yikes, that sucks. I my first line July of 2023 and my second one in February of 2024. Both lines cost me $50 a month. Sucks the prices went up, but $70 unlimited speed (radio equipment is you limiter) and no caps (had 17tb a few months ago) is way better than any Comcast offering.