All this talk about net neutrality has got me thinking about how much a free market actually does to keep price competitive, especially with all the monopolies that telecommunication companies have all over the world.

I currently pay $40 USD a month for 200Mbps fibre internet, home line with free local calls and a "slightly" unreliable IPTV. And more for cable TV obviously. I could have 1 Gbps for the same price without IPTV but no switching mobile phones every year. So how much do you pay for your internet? I live in Singapore BTW and I feel so bad about complaining right now...

Actually I just want to give away a copy of Contrast but need a reason to open a thread. LVL 1 and above only though.

Edit: Over sorry.

P.S. Obligatory John Oliver video. That man's a genius.

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10,- for 30Mbps

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41€ (45$ usd more or less) for 10Mb donwload and 0,5Mb upload. But i only have 6-7Mb of donwload speed.

I think is very expensive.

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150 Egyptian pounds for (supposdly) 8mbps with download speed of 700kbps. Yes, you better not complain about your internet.

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You can get shit like that here too and it's not Africa, even more expensive.

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I'm on a $40 plan (was 15 down 1 up but they just upgraded me to 50 down 5 up as part of their "better" promo) but its actually $50 after fees (was $55 before I bought my own modem)
No tv or phone service included but google voice + obi works nicely for free phone
Suddenlink (WV/US)

Thanks for giveaway!

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Comcast - $80 for 150Mbps/15 Mbps plus (unused) basic cable and HBOGo. Not the worst but certainly not where it probably should be given that I live in place that should have more competition. I don't need Google Fiber, I just need them to say they're coming and then suddenly all the ISPs give price cuts and speed boosts to keep their customers. Honestly I probably switch even if the cost was similar just as a middle finger to Comcast for being so awful to their customers for so long.

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~6,3$/month
Day: D: 50 mbit/s U: 10 mbit/s
Night: D: 100 mbit/s U: 10 mbit/s

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7,8€ per month for 70Mb/s download and 80-90Mb/s upload.
But on their website my internet should be 30Mb/s download and 30Mb/s upload. I think provider is quite stupid, but I am happy :-) I have this speed for more than 2 years :-)

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~23€ per month, 50Mbps, but the service is pure shit and outages can be up to a month until those inbreds send you a technician who then has to stop by three times if he's so inclined to actually show up. No phone flat, no TV included.

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~R$70/month for 2MB. Expensive and shitty. Gotta love Brazil.

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I don't have internet access out here in the middle of nowhere, Ohio. That's why I don't know as much about connections as I would like. The closest thing to it I do have is my $25/month mobile phone plan, which gives me unlimited data, but slows me down after 200 mbs, which I inevitably burn through. Then again, I don't notice much difference in the slowdown due to weak signals out in the country.

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$75 a month, I have a 10 GB per month total download limit.

I have about 30 games in my Steam library I own but can't download.

Welcome to rural Canada.

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16mbit/s which is about 1.3MB/s download with 1mbit upload for 25€, I think it's the best possible speed in my "village" ^^

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I pay about 50/mo for 30mbps and HBO/Streampix. I wish I had other options in my area :/

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2$ - 20 mbps....

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approx £40 which includes line rental for my land line, its not the cheapest in the uk but its unlimited data and thats all i care about really

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and what's ur download speed?

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30mb i think, whatever is the lowest that virgin media do

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About 17$ for 200Mbps, unlimited (downloads usually peak at 12MB) + TV + 3GB mobile internet 21Mbps, i can use more but the speed will be slower. They have 1Gbps plans for about 13$, but for that i'd need a brand new router and a more powerfull pc :)

You shouldn't be complaining much, if you also get handset upgrades every year, plus it's not that expensive for Singapore...

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wow with those 40$ where i live i can only get a 20mb internet :( so unfair...

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$75 for 30 mbps down / 1.5 mbps up (at least I've got unlimited downloads, but only because I subscribe to their digital TV package as well)

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Belgium, telenet: 75 EUR for 160/10 Mbps (television and fixed phone included).

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40 a month for 30mbs and that's the best deal I can get by a long shot

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11$/month for 200 Mbps dl/ 100 Mbps up. RCS&RDS Romania.

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R$140 for 30Mbps/download & 2Mbps/upload, about $46...

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R600 per month (roughly $50) for an uncapped 4mbps line... what are any of you complaining about.. -_- does not include any free local calls..

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Netherlands: 120Mbit down / 12Mbit up + Telephone + TV for 70 Euros/month. Not really FUP, no real limitations on hosting own servers...

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Germany: 55€ for 200Mbit down/10Mbit up + TV + Pay TV + Telephone - no limitations

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