Meanwhile in the Netherlands, I can choose between several gigabit providers. Symmetrical on fiber or asymmetrical on cable. I’ve been on gigabit fibre for a couple of years.
Can I have that problem instead of being stuck to a single ISP that charges more for copper wire service than they do fiber in the places they have it?
At the moment €30/month. But this was a deal for a couple of months. Regular price is €45/month. This is T-Mobile btw. When you combine it with a cellular plan. They give a discount of €5/month on the fiber and €2,50/month on the cellular plan.
@Jamie@riotrick I’m living in the centre of Hamburg (second largest city of Germany). For a few weeks I now have got 50/12. Before this i had been on around 25/6. And this had been the fastest speed that I was able to get. Sadly there is not that much fibre here, but mostly copper.
Meanwhile in the Netherlands, I can choose between several gigabit providers. Symmetrical on fiber or asymmetrical on cable. I’ve been on gigabit fibre for a couple of years.
Can I have that problem instead of being stuck to a single ISP that charges more for copper wire service than they do fiber in the places they have it?
@Jamie @riotrick How much do you pay?
$55/mo
Their introductory rates for fiber, last I saw, was $30.
@Jamie Ah okay. I’m paying around 25€ per month including unlimited traffic and unlimited phone calls.
At the moment €30/month. But this was a deal for a couple of months. Regular price is €45/month. This is T-Mobile btw. When you combine it with a cellular plan. They give a discount of €5/month on the fiber and €2,50/month on the cellular plan.
The guy probably lives in a very rural area. I grew up in a rural area, and that house still only has access to dial-up internet. I shit you not.
You can access three bars of Verizon 4G if you stood in one corner of the upstairs of the house.
Meanwhile, I live about an hour away and have access to two fiber providers who provide gigabit internet.
@Jamie @riotrick I’m living in the centre of Hamburg (second largest city of Germany). For a few weeks I now have got 50/12. Before this i had been on around 25/6. And this had been the fastest speed that I was able to get. Sadly there is not that much fibre here, but mostly copper.