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  1. 03-21-2019, 03:15 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Vast majority of Xfinity (Comcast) customers = not feasible

    Base package ($69.99) is 15 Mbps, but since our infrastructure is shit most places, you get about 1 Mbps - 6 Mbps. There are higher speed options, of course, but everyone is soft-capped at 1 TB of data usage a month. You get one warning month, and then it's $10 per 50 GB used every time after. If you frequently go over cap, they have the right to throttle or terminate your service all together.
    FUCKING HELL How...how is this even going to work for most of America?! Are Google going to install and start charging for their own internet?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haysey View Post
    FUCKING HELL How...how is this even going to work for most of America?! Are Google going to install and start charging for their own internet?
    Google Fiber has been a thing for a while . As a side note, Peoria, Illinois was a candidate for Google Fiber in 2010 (we lost).

    Cable has had a monopoly in this area since the 1970's; we finally got fiber in 2014, but hey, it's not available in most of Peoria because of territory clauses or some such BS. The reason I explain all of this is because the situation here is not even close to unique as far as the United States. If you don't live in a "major" city, or lucky enough to live in an area that was chosen for FIOS or Google Fiber, you're kind of screwed. Or you spend $200 a month for Internet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Google Fiber has been a thing for a while . As a side note, Peoria, Illinois was a candidate for Google Fiber in 2010 (we lost).

    Cable has had a monopoly in this area since the 1970's; we finally got fiber in 2014, but hey, it's not available in most of Peoria because of territory clauses or some such BS. The reason I explain all of this is because the situation here is not even close to unique as far as the United States. If you don't live in a "major" city, or are lucky enough to live in an area that was chosen for FIOS or Google Fiber, you're kind of screwed. Or you spend $200 a month for Internet.
    That's crazy! I thought our internet was bad and poorly done, but it really sounds like alot of the US has been REALLY screwed, especially as the internet is so vital to so many peoples lives now!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haysey View Post
    FUCKING HELL How...how is this even going to work for most of America?! Are Google going to install and start charging for their own internet?
    probably
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