Re: internet service

On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:30:45 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 6/30/2025 10:01 AM, legg wrote:

Newcomer bundle - wasn't that something boffins wore around their
overhanging waist?
 
RL

>
I live in the US so it's standard to offer a come-on rate of like
$35/month for six months or a year and then the rate jumps to like
$85/month (plus fees and taxes taking it to the better part of $100) for
some shitty-ass service like 400 Mbps down, 5-10 MBps up cable with the
promise of high-split getting installed sometime circa 2032.

We got cable TV and internet (and phone) as a package at home. We
signed up for 50+50 Mbits and they have several times upgraded at the
same price, I guess to be competitive. We're downloading now at close
to 1G, which is way more than we need.

At work we have a Monkey Brains microwave dish. Same story, we bought
50+50 and actually get 500M or so.

Does anyone need more than 200 Mbits? That's enough to watch a movie
or download most files.