how much do you pay for your connection

[Zep 0]

How much do you pay for your connection

Here in Spain we are the bottom of the list
RDSI 49Kbps 24hrs $ 26.54
ADSL 128Kbps 24hrs $ 30.08
ADSL 256Kbps 24hrs $ 37.62
ADSL 512Kbps 24hrs $ 45.16

ROUTER 1Mb $ 58.75
2Mb not available to the public


Now you see why we are the bottom of the list
India gets a better deal than we do

Gone fishing

[AggieDave 6]

You're paying for a set amount of time, is that what the 24hrs is?

I'm paying about $50 a month for a cable modem and access, but its unlimited.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Gawain 0]

It varies by provider and DSL speeds are rarely limited by the facilities provider (moreso by distance to the CO). We're paying for basic ADSL here, which is supposed to be a limited 384kbps downstream/128kbps upstream for around $30/mo. However, whenever I do bandwidth and throughput checks, I'm consistently getting around 1Mbps down/1.3Mbps up (really!!).

When I lived in California, i was less than a mile from the CO and had a nearly symetrical connection at 1.4Mbps. When I lived in Oregon, Qwest offered me ADSL of 7.1Mbps down/1.5Mbps up for $80/mo (I was about three blocks from the CO).

The markets in the US are all "open" on the telecom side of the house, a quasi-organized-chaotic-mess. I'm not aware of any providers in the US that limit the amount of time you can be logged on in any given month.

On the "cheap" end, there are numerous ISPs offering dial-up services for under $10/mo (unlimited access, multiple email accts, etc).

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Zep 0]

The companies put 24hrs a day so really it's a months connection


We also have different options like 2100hrs till 0800hrs
or 0800hrs till 2100hrs then thier is one that does 1500hrs till 2200hrs
but it works out better to use the 24hr connection (down loading big files)


your $50 a month for what speed?

Gone fishing

[Gawain 0]

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your $50 a month for what speed?

Cable connections usually have amazing downstream speeds (up to 5Mbps), but their upstream speeds sometimes suck (a buddy of mine had 4Mbps down/128kbps up...yikes)

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[jumperconway 0]

10 bucks a month for ev1 dial-up. Like my women, slow and cheap!

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The companies put 24hrs a day so really it's a months connection


We also have different options like 2100hrs till 0800hrs
or 0800hrs till 2100hrs then thier is one that does 1500hrs till 2200hrs
but it works out better to use the 24hr connection (down loading big files)


your $50 a month for what speed?

[AggieDave 6]

I think its $50 for the net, I'm not real sure...its $90 for cable TV and internet, we get a lot of channels and 1024kbps down, 124k up.

All in all, not too bad, but I would rather have DSL....too far away from the CO for DSL, though.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[skymama 37]

Oh, I'm envious! I pay $105 for cable and internet access. I have a lot of channels, but none of the premium ones like HBO or Showtime.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Muenkel 0]

My dish and internet are seperate. Dish is $43/month and my dial-up internet is $15/month unlimited amount of time.

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Chris

[BGill 0]

$100AUD/month for unilimited broadband, which is a damn ripoff in itself. but bandwidth checks here show it to be consistently a little slower than dial-up.

it's the only option they provide to us american students down here and they jack the prices because they know we need the internet. only 18 days left then back to the T1 connection on campus back home

[Acensky 0]

I get high speed DSL (wireless) from Qwest with my phone line for $20 a month. Don't know the speed of it, but it is fast enough for me.

Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

[narcimund 0]

I write a check for $835.00 and another for $1496.00 for internet connections every month.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[ltdiver 3]

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I write a check for $835.00 and another for $1496.00 for internet connections every month.

Knew that Oregon had to make up its revenue from no sales tax somewhere!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Gawain 0]

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I write a check for $835.00 and another for $1496.00 for internet connections every month.

Must be for a couple of T1s. Dude, have you shopped around? When I was selling DIAS for Verizon and Genuity, I was able to quote T1s for under $700/mo. I even got a Flex-DS3 set up with a customer once with bottom tier rates at $1000/mo with incremental charges not moving until they hit 4Mbps. They would cook their connection at a full 45Mbps for two days a month and the monthly service was still only about $1000.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Zep 0]

Be very careful playing with your bandwith

Bill Gates, PC Magazine, Oct. 11, 1994. Note that my Finite Mathematics teacher defines "infinite" as something "really really big." In fact, according to Einstein's law of relativity, anything travelling at infinite speed, even energy itself, would acquire infinite mass. If this occurred, the fibre-optic cabling used to transfer information would become a black hole into which the rest of the universe would necessarily be sucked at some speed approximately equal to the speed of light. Bill Gates may be predicting the end of the world.

Gone fishing

[flyhi 24]

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my dial-up internet is $15/month unlimited amount of time.

Yeah, when I had dial-up, that's how long it took to download anything. Hate spending the money, but for only $45.95 a month, I get CHSI with Cable Rent Mdm Service. It must mean something like Chuck's High Speed Internet.

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Oh, I'm envious! I pay $105 for cable and internet access. I have a lot of channels, but none of the premium ones like HBO or Showtime.

In your face, Mama, I pay $102/month and I get HBO (G-String Divas, Taxicab Confessional, and some real crappy stuff, too). For the $3 a month savings, you should move to California. And they love my socks here!

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[ditch9276 0]

How much? The answer is really simple, for my connection to the internet 3MB/s down and 1 MB/s upstream and also for my phone connection and my cell phone i pay excatly 0,00 $ each month! Why? Ask my boss why!

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The only rings that are worth wearing, are those of my 3-ring-system!!!

[Muenkel 0]

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my dial-up internet is $15/month unlimited amount of time.

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Yeah, when I had dial-up, that's how long it took to download anything. Hate spending the money, but for only $45.95 a month, I get CHSI with Cable Rent Mdm Service. It must mean something like Chuck's High Speed Internet.

Unfortunately, since I live in a remote area that is the best available to me. It's fine cruising the net but you're right about downloads. Slow as shit.

_________________________________________
Chris

[bobsled92 0]

Verizon DSL $29 a month at 1.9meg(tested speed once per week)

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[larsrulz 0]

Yahoo SBC DSL at 1024/256 (I actually get closer to about 384/256) for $26.99 per month.

I got a strong urge to fly, but I got no where to fly to. -PF

[dixieskydiver 0]

Dunno, it's included in my tuition.

Dixie
HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez
"Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time."

[Cajundude 0]

$100 for unlimited local, long distance phones and DSL - Verizon
$76 for Dish with HBO/Showtime, local channels.

[n2skdvn 0]

i have this the 49.95 plan need it for the internet radio station i run.

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
my site

[DrewEckhardt 0]

About $80/month for 640K down/272K up

1) That includes a land-line which I wouldn't need if I didn't have DSL
2) It includes static IPs
3) It's for a commercial account which does not forbid running your own servers

[mcrocker 0]

I buy bandwidth in big chunks

Verio DS-3 (45mbps) $4500/month
Sprint DS-3 (45mbps) $4500/month
WilTel OC-3 (155mbps) $7500/month

I sell Residential DSL in Massachusetts, USA

ADSL 3.0/768 $39.99

I buy it wholesale from Verizon for $28.95, sucky margins but somebody has to do it