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10 Gbps symmetrical for 40 bucks a month TV included. It’s absolutely mind boggling for me how expensive internet is in North America.

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North America is insane with their internet costs.

Here in VN, I can get unlimited 4G for 40$ a year, and 100mbps symmetrical fiber for about 50$ a year. The biggest provider is the Army. Their customer service is actually pretty fast and good too!

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Jesus, 10Gbps!? I’m paying $90 for “gigaspeed” AT&T fiber. But, I’m luckier than most, I have AT&T fiber and Metronet as fiber providers, as well as Spectrum and T-Mobile (but yuck to using 5G as my primary source of internet).

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I know, it kinda sounds crazy, but at the same time it makes sense because after infrastructure the cost for the ISP is minimal. I mean upgrading to 25 Gbps is possible for just 70 bucks, so what can I say. Although my country is comparably small and I do live in the city. So it’s not universally like that.

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Spectrum near me charges me $79 a month for 400mbit down, and… Get ready… 10mbit up.

I’m in southern San Diego and they have non-compete agreements with the other companies. I can’t get anything else.

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The country is fucking huge to be fair, but it’s also the capitalism capital of the world.

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Which country? Some of the countries in North America aren’t huge.

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Country (noun):
an area of land considered in relation to a particular feature

North America country.

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Would have great internet too if the telecommunication companies didn’t just pocket the money for installing fiber infrastructure. Twice.

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