Typical U.S. households don’t use most of their bandwidth

Re:Typical U.S. households don’t use most of their bandwidth by jtbayly on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:30AM (#20748051)

I don't get it. Why would they, and what evidence do you have? I had a cable connection through Time Warner Cable and was paying $15/month for a 3Mbps connection. It worked fine. They were bought by Spectrum, who raised the price to $20/month and decreased the actual speed I was getting. When I finally caved and called to upgrade, the lowest speed I could order was 200Mbps.

As far as I can tell, it is the cable companies that are pushing the higher speeds, not saying they are not worth it.

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Re:Typical U.S. households don’t use most of their bandwidth by Ididntdothis on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:35AM (#20748120)

I had the same deal. When spectrum took over my only option was to go from $15 to $70 if I wanted more speed. In addition I felt that they made the 3 mbps worse over time with more and more interruptions and reduced speed.

As far as spectrum goes they are pushing for higher speeds for a very high price. It feels like only being able to buy a Porsche as a car. Certainly a nice car but very expensive for most of us.

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