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The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices (www.techdirt.com)
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The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices::We've long noted how the FCC (regardless of party) largely ignores how muted competition and monopolization drives up prices for consumers. The agency often talks a good (if ambiguous) game about "bridging the digital divide," but they don't collect and share pricing data proving market failure, nor are they capable of admitting monopolies exist and…

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (26 children)

Kinda curious. Americans of lemmy: How much do you pay for internet?

I'm up a bit north Eh. Paying cad$135 (usd~$99.50) monthly before tax for Gigabit with no data cap.

[–] bajabound 2 points 11 months ago

$137/mo USD total.

Microwave service: $100 for 100/100mbps, 1TB of data. $7.00 for fucking DHCP to be enabled on their router. $30 for an additional 1TB of data.

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