Cost of Your Internet?

VaughanJB

VaughanJB

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For me, an internet connection is a utility like water, gas, electric. I couldn't be without it.

Since I'm not a Smartphone person, access through a provider there isn't an option, so I have a dedicated connection at home with a router. I'm lucky, because my home (and street obviously) has fiber, so we can get good speeds. I have a 500MB connection, and I'm tempted to get a 1GB since it costs peanuts to make the change (.£9 ($12)more monthly)

My current deal is £44 a month ($57), which includes a landline. Yes, a landline. I'm old. Although I note they're looking at increasing the cost come April 2024 to £57 ($73) a month. Of course, I could get rid of the landline, but with my wife making daily, often multiple times a day, calls to the US, it makes sense to keep it.

Given how important the internet is - how much are you currently paying?
 

We have Hughes Net Satellite. It is $70 a month. At our highest we get about 200MB! In the evening and early night it will freeze up, I guess because of traffic. It sucks. We live in a rural Bermuda Triangle where no cable has come. And that's the way it is...folks. :)
 
TheOtherRick said:
I've got a 200 gb fiber plus landline for $87 per very fast and dependable.
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Whoa! That's 200X faster than the fastest I can get here. That's crazy good - lucky you!

I just upgraded to 1Gb. Why? Because I'm afflicted by man genes, and it's a bigger number than 500MB. :D


Bretrick said:
I pay AU$35/month for 25gb. I never use anywhere near that much but it is there if I require it.
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Is that 25Gb total downloaded data, or 25Gb download speed?
 
Mine is £37 a month and as long as I make no calls that is all it is.
Could get it cheaper but I need a landline which is now plugged into the hub.
Not a smartphone person either although I have a cheap calls and texts only mobile.
 
Furryanimal said:
Mine is £37 a month and as long as I make no calls that is all it is.
Could get it cheaper but I need a landline which is now plugged into the hub.
Not a smartphone person either although I have a cheap calls and texts only mobile.
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Same here regarding landline. Honestly, I just prefer a landline, probably due to be old.

Still, there's a flaw. Making international calls via my landline - even with their call rate deals - is outlandish. My calls domestically are free for the first hour - but that's an extra fee I pay for that. Internationally? It's a terrible deal.
 
I've been with Sky for over 20+ years. I've seen my bill going down in the past 20 months. As we upgraded the television, adds-on packages were no longer required.

As yourself @VaughanJB I've kept my landline, good for emergencies when internet is down. I've received a double set of new digital phones to replace the old ones. Finally, I've a phone in the kitchen (doing the happy dance with a very sore hip today 🤣🤣🤣)

My internet is 5G and unlimited and includes my landline number and free talk talk. My satellite package has changed to the streaming system. That is where things went down in prices.

Out of our long standing favourite channels, I'm glad to say that in the change over from satellite to stream, the channels lost weren't watched at all. So, technically no lost.

I've gained new streaming channels which is a wonderful addition. So, come January, it'll be my smallest bill since the beginning. Woohoo 🙌.

It may dear for others but it's our main entertainment. We haven't been to the cinema since the last Harry Potter film and with four streaming channels, we've now so many film choices, it's been a great year overall!
 
VaughanJB said:
For me, an internet connection is a utility like water, gas, electric. I couldn't be without it.

Since I'm not a Smartphone person, access through a provider there isn't an option, so I have a dedicated connection at home with a router. I'm lucky, because my home (and street obviously) has fiber, so we can get good speeds. I have a 500MB connection, and I'm tempted to get a 1GB since it costs peanuts to make the change (.£9 ($12)more monthly)

My current deal is £44 a month ($57), which includes a landline. Yes, a landline. I'm old. Although I note they're looking at increasing the cost come April 2024 to £57 ($73) a month. Of course, I could get rid of the landline, but with my wife making daily, often multiple times a day, calls to the US, it makes sense to keep it.

Given how important the internet is - how much are you currently paying?
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I knew there was a good reason to read your post. I currently am paying $40. That little increase in social security doesn't help, but just a little bit!
 
I pay $175 per month for unlimited gigabit fiber internet plus a big tv package and home phone and home security. The security part is a joke. I got a terrible doorbell cam and immediately upgraded to an aftermarket Eufy which is 100 fold better. Then they sent me a outdoor 1080p camera with 24/7 monitoring and the camera has not terrible image but has zero other features. Not even night mode or a light. Cheapest crap they could find. My contract expires soon and i will be renegotiating cause its too much for what i get. The unlimited gigabit internet with whole home wifi 6 coverage is very good though. I can download an entire full length 4k movies in seconds.
 
Spectrum 1 gigabyte super fast. runs Samsung series 7 tv, two computers and iphone.
I pay $149.98 monthly for internet and landline
 
Gardenlover said:
I use a 300 bps dial up modem. The only positive it it really lets me think about my response before replying.
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Those were the days. It's worth remembering, the connection speed to a site (server) varies based on multiple factors. For example, my moving from 500MB to 1Gb, I'd imagine, would have zero effect on my access to this site. It just shifts the bottleneck down the line.
 
I pay $60.28 a month for Hughes Satelitte, and my TV has a separate satelitte dish....and cost.

I have been with Hughes for a long time. The only problems I have are if I am in a cloud, or there is a dense fog, or heavy rain.

I was part of the Nationwide Hughes outage this past summer and they refunded one of my payments.

Once I had a ball of ice in my dish ,so no internet ,and the sun came out and it slowly melted away.
 
I have Spectrum and my internet for 300mbp is $55/month. After my husband died in October, I had to cut expenses and tv was one of the first things to go. I've thought about getting a landline upstairs because my cell is always downstairs where I don't hear it or can't get to it. I don't carry my cell around with me all the time like most people do. I spend most of my day upstairs either in the computer room or in my sewing room so a landline would be useful...I think.
 
After years of very slow internet service I went with a company that serves several counties in my area called CIP, I had to have a 60' tower built but I now have very fast internet, this serves my TVs and phones also, the tower was built between my house and my granddaughter's so they have the same. this cost me $53 a month.
 
I have Spectrum and was increased about six months ago from $19..99 to $24.99. I was fine with that since it had been the same since 2018. It is pretty fast and I am on it all day long plus watch videos a lot. No complaints. Rarely ever down.
 
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