How much do you pay for your internet?

broschi · Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 8:55 am Post subject:

Advertised: 1Mb down / 15KB up

Real world: 3-4Mb down / 15 KB up

For 16 canuck bucks because we're on a governement program to hook up families to the net. Otherwise it would be ~30-35$. Until the tech (cable, not net) went on a strike we have a 6 GB cap. :evil:

You guys have no idea how much I downloaded all those months.

For some reason however it seems to be fast only for the web, everything else is quit slow. Downloading stuff off the www averages at 370KB/s (almost 4Mb) but filesharing apps at ~1KB to 100KB but usually near 1KB. Since emerge uses a ww or ftp server downloading stuff is always fast so Gentoo is great on this.

BTW, even when the modem was hooked up directly to the computer which would be turned off at night i'd keep the same IP for more than a month. Now that I have a router I don't even count.

However, those cheap bastards only allow one e-mail account and I don't have it so I'm stuck with webmail again.
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idl · Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 1:17 pm Post subject:

15k up?!?! ouch, thats just mean!

taskara · Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject:

lol yeah

dude you might be interested in internode, another company I came across.

check out
www.broadbandchoice.com.au

$99 a month for unlimited 512/128
or $149 unlimited 1500/256

as soon as this month's 3 gig runs out, I'm changing to them (a number of my friends already have. I've been with the afore mentioned ISP for almost 3 yrs, and they can go jump!

My LAST adsl internet bill was $684!!! (extra usage)
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carambola5 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 214

Ack! I just downgraded my internet speed. Was: 1.5Mb. Now: 256k (down). Upload remains at 256k.

All this to satisfy my roomies and save $20/month. It's already noticable with the loading of the forums..... of course, I'm streaming internet radio at the same time :twisted:

I guess us college kids have to save money somewhere. Less money towards internet == more beer money. Fair trade, i s'pose.

MacMasta · Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2003 8:22 am Post subject:

I'm paying $40k a year...oh, but I get college out of that, too, huh?

Dual T3s - that's what, 90 megabits?

Static IP, no blocked ports, all the rest.

At home, it's around $50 a month for 1mbit down, and 256 (I think) up.

~Mac~

taskara · Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2003 8:50 am Post subject:

sigh...
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CoronaLover · Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

50$ for a 512Mbit up and 64Mbit down line
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uncle_meat · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Posts: 93

I've got 900K ADSL, no download/upload limits. $29/mo introductory rate, goes up to $49/mo after 3 months.

If I want POTS (plain old telephone service) access I have to pay an ISP around $15-20 per month plus I have to pay for unlimited local calling on my phone ($33 per month) - and if I want to use the phone while I'm on the net, I need another phone line (another $5-$33/month). With ADSL I can use the phone while on the net. I don't make that many local calls, so I get the cheapest phone service ($5/month). I'm saving money by using broadband, not even factoring in the time savings.

No wonder high speed access is really taking off here. Sucks to be a mom and pop ISP business in the US, though.

LostInGentoo · Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2003 1:16 pm Post subject:

I pay around 35-40$ for a 256/128 Kbit ADSL! To expensive - I know, but that's the price in Denmark.. But I've got no ratio limits, a router and the possibility of a permanent IP (for no extra cost).

cyfred · Retired Dev Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 596

Seems that the best deal going on down under is something to the lines of 8G down on peak (8am - midnight) and 8G down off peak (the rest :wink:

) which goes for 85 a month at 512/128kbps -- but you have to pay for uploads.

An extra 10 a month cuts out upload costs so uploads are free.

16Gig a month for the same cost I pay now.... hmmm wonder what Ill be doing come the end of my initial sign-up contract ????

XDefendersFlipz · n00b Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 1 Location: ROC-NY

I pay $318 a month here in Roc, NY.... with 50MBit/50Mbit connection. i'm coming off a leased line by TW... used for Webserving, Email, Shell Access...and well...my business...

www.fergenethosting.net

:) :) :D
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Icephreak · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 6:26 am Post subject:

Again, none of the above.

In my ten years online, I have never paid for Internet access once. No word of a lie.

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NicholasDWolfwood · Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 235

$41.99/month for the shitty New Jersey Comcast @Home Cable Internet.

1.5Mbit Downstream/160Kbit Upstream

Shitty, huh?

I also have a router (Comcast wants an extra $20-$30/PC for more IP addresses...rip-off) and a switch. The modem is by my PC, which the modem is on my router, which the router is on the switch upstairs.

EvgGad · n00b Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 21 Location: Estonia

I pay around 40$ for 1mbps/320kbps cable connect @home w/o any limits, & I think this is pretty price...

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GreyGeezer · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 7:45 am Post subject:

A$74.95 for my (Optus) cable connection. That's about US$43 at current exchange rates.

Down: Don't really know, just that it's fast enough that I've never bothered to look further.
Up: Slow, but that doesn't matter to me. 64Kbps I think.

Limit: Am supposed to be on a 3gig/month limit, but for some obscure reason I'm still on the old system. This is an obscure rubbery limit working on the basis that you'll get chopped off if you consistently (14 consecutive days???) exceed 10 times the average user's download. The documentation on this limit, and how it actually works, don't seem to have much in common. Hasn't been a problem to me until the last month, when they insisted I was at 9.1 times, and the log showed significant downloads on days the system hadn't even been powered on. Hmmm!

Starkiller · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2002 Posts: 4

Home 1.5mbs down 512kbs up $40 amonth
Server colocated OC3 not metered $75 a month
for the year the server cost nothing and brings in a profit, private hosting services...

DuF · Advocate Joined: 09 Dec 2002 Posts: 2687 Location: Paris

I pay 45 for an adsl line : 512kbps download and 128kbps upload, there is no limit (no limit to downlaod and no limite to upload) but I will change because in France there is some new offers more interesting actually (the same things for 30)

craftyc · Guru Joined: 23 May 2002 Posts: 443 Location: Behind You.

Roughly $30-60 however I live in the UK.

I have a 512/128 line. I want a faster one but I don't pay the bills

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lotas · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject:

i pay EUR20 a month for 512k/128k access. i run a server from home, and there is no upload or download limit!

Its great! I am mento to be paying 35, but there s amix up on the bill and NTL offer Digital and cable as a package, and you get cable cheaper!

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squanto · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject:

trapni · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:09 am Post subject:

I really pay approximately 160 Euro a month for my internet connection, with 256/256Kbit/s with 8 static IPs (/29 subnet).

While the static and very own subnet is more than lovely the price lets me really getting sick each month I have to pay

esp. because on other countries (than germany) you get such connectioni much much cheaper.

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maystorm · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 11:55 am Post subject:

37 Euro for 768kb/128kb down/up Dial-up
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museX · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 7

45 uro for a 640/160 adsl
no limits

retrakker · n00b Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 3

using vDSL with 10MBit in HK for ~25USD.
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hyjiinx · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 3

Line 1: 640K/640K
Line 2: 640K/640K
Line 3: 1.5M/1.5M

All 3 running through a aggregator/load-balance/failsafe box.

Price: Free

This is only because I set this up for a client's business, which happens to be in my building.

Whee...