I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

  • 0ddysseus@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Where I live in Australia, 1 hour out of Sydney, I would pay that for 1/3 the data at 1/3 the speed. Went with starlink instead.

    • Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I would totally go with starlink, except I really don’t want to support musk with my money.

      Sure the idea is good, but if a competitor were to come out I’d rather go for that. Same thing with Tesla.

      Plus where I live in Adelaide we have the ability to get FTTP if we paid them to run the fibre from the curb to the house, but our current 100/40 plan is adequate for our needs.

      That said if it’s the only option, I understand that.

    • kd637_mi@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I was really confused reading the OP at first, wondering what the problem was, then I realised it was just my Australia brain.