where the heck is that?
Where I am, internet alone would run a hundred bucks a month at that speed.
Time Warner Cable
Dallas TX
I went to speedtest.net for the speed.
I’m sorry, at this particular moment it looks like I top off at 18.49 mbps. It can vary during the day.
Upload speed is, uh, MUCH MUCH slower.
(cable)
I am getting 6 megs down (1 meg up) for $27; $10 more would get me 10 megs down.
Just so we are talking apples and apples, that translates into usnet downloads of a little over 2 gigs an hour.
I use a small provider, so I haven’t had anyone sniffing around (yet) regarding the amount of bandwidth I use, which is another issue with some providers.
I have home preferred Cox cable internet which fluxuates between 13 and 18 Mbps, extended cable (70 channels) and the HDef box, for $120/month.
I live in a small town of 14k. What kills me is the latency. It takes anywhere between 60 and 400 ms to connect. It is never consistent and the local cable service seems to be clueless.
The only viable other option is local telephone DSL, but it costs $20 more for comparable speed.
Small towns get screwed because of the lack of competition.
Satellite is costs about 2x what the Cable internet does with half the speed. Mobile is starting to show up, but it is expensive and the download usage is very restrictive.
So far, cable, for all its ills, is the best option for me.