Home Broadband - 8mbps down for $29 a month?? How much do you get/pay? - GoFuckYourself.com

goBigtime · 02-02-2005, 02:50 AM

Source: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1433

I guess they are about to get 8mbps in Austrailia for $29
and I've heard that people in Japan have full fast ethernet connections or something (100mbits!) as their consumer broadband connections.

I wish the broadband carriers in the United States would start competing with each other a little more - considering the bottom has fallen out of the bandwidth market recently.

I know bandwidth can be had for as low as $10/megabit for relatively low commitments. I would think large broadband ISP's could work some great deals figuring they have primarly eyeball/pull traffic.

The company I use (@Home->Comcast->Attbi->Comcast{again}) raised the bar a little when they recently doubled their data rates from 1.5mbps to 3.0mbps down... (for about $55-65 a month) but when you do the math at what bandwidth USED to cost at wholesale (about 10 times more) a couple years ago and figure most internet upstream/downstream plans are still about the same.... it just seems like a rip off.

Or in the very least, another area where Google may position into.

Especially since they'll have all that fiber for their rumored upcoming VoIP venture... or hmm... maybe they DO plan to start offering broadband with this fiber.

Anyway... how much do you pay monthly and what is your upstream/downstream?

Donners · 02-02-2005, 02:51 AM

40 euro for 25mbit down and 1mbit up

Hosting-Quote · 02-02-2005, 02:53 AM

Try living in the UK :s
Currently paying about £60 ($110) for 2mbit

Donners · 02-02-2005, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hosting-Quote

Try living in the UK :s
Currently paying about £60 ($110) for 2mbit

lol, im not even with the cheapest company :P

goBigtime · 02-02-2005, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Donners

lol, im not even with the cheapest company :P

How is it delivered to you? Cable?

Praguer · 02-02-2005, 03:04 AM

I pay around $40 for 4mbps here.

vivency-AdamQ · 02-02-2005, 03:05 AM

verizon has plans to offer 40mbit down

the alchemist · 02-02-2005, 03:08 AM

That's nice! I get 6.4mbits / 1.1mbits for $59 cad + taxes...

Ludedude · 02-02-2005, 03:12 AM

$49 for 5mbit down

psyko514 · 02-02-2005, 03:12 AM

I've got a cable connection. I'm paying $35 CDN for 5.1 mbps down.

pradaboy · 02-02-2005, 05:34 AM

seeing the numbers in the thread I sense I'm being ripped off...

?65 ~ $85 for 8mbit down and 2mbit up

Donners · 02-02-2005, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goBigtime

How is it delivered to you? Cable?

It's an ADSL connection, would be cheaper if I could get fiber, around 20 euro for 10mbit bothways then.

Triple 6 · 02-02-2005, 05:48 AM

$30 for 9mbit

optimum

Paparazzi · 02-02-2005, 06:10 AM

$55 for 8mbit down and 1mbit up

d00t · 02-02-2005, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goBigtime

Source: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1433

I guess they are about to get 8mbps in Austrailia for $29
and I've heard that people in Japan have full fast ethernet connections or something (100mbits!) as their consumer broadband connections.

This is the ISP I am with in AU - I just upgraded my account to the new 8mb down thingy ;)

Cant wait to see if theres any difference

BRISK · 02-02-2005, 09:07 AM

I pay $40 a month for a 10mb fiber optic connection

BRISK · 02-02-2005, 09:11 AM

Last time I was in Tokyo, there was a company doing a huge promotion on broadband service there. It isn't DSL or Cable, but like pure ethernet connection to some backbone (or something like that).

They had people setup these tables on street corners promoting this broadband service to everyone. I must have seen 100 different promoters all over Tokyo pushing this broadband service.

Japan is gonna be totally wired up.

Project-Shadow · 02-02-2005, 09:18 AM

£40/mo for 2mbit/256 -_-

redguy · 02-02-2005, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Project-Shadow

£40/mo for 2mbit/256 -_-

me too - I take it you're on the new BT service? I've got it through Pipex

swedguy · 02-02-2005, 01:23 PM

I will be getting my 8Mb/s soon - 249 SEK per month which is about $35

QuaWee · 02-02-2005, 01:26 PM

wow, SBC Yahoo! charges $49.99 just for 384kb/s down and up

swedguy · 02-02-2005, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donners

40 euro for 25mbit down and 1mbit up

I didn't know BBB capped uploads. Thanks for the info

02-02-2005, 02:50 AM	#1
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	Home Broadband - 8mbps down for $29 a month?? How much do you get/pay? Source: http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1433 I guess they are about to get 8mbps in Austrailia for $29 and I've heard that people in Japan have full fast ethernet connections or something (100mbits!) as their consumer broadband connections. I wish the broadband carriers in the United States would start competing with each other a little more - considering the bottom has fallen out of the bandwidth market recently. I know bandwidth can be had for as low as $10/megabit for relatively low commitments. I would think large broadband ISP's could work some great deals figuring they have primarly eyeball/pull traffic. The company I use (@Home->Comcast->Attbi->Comcast{again}) raised the bar a little when they recently doubled their data rates from 1.5mbps to 3.0mbps down... (for about $55-65 a month) but when you do the math at what bandwidth USED to cost at wholesale (about 10 times more) a couple years ago and figure most internet upstream/downstream plans are still about the same.... it just seems like a rip off. Or in the very least, another area where Google may position into. Especially since they'll have all that fiber for their rumored upcoming VoIP venture... or hmm... maybe they DO plan to start offering broadband with this fiber. Anyway... how much do you pay monthly and what is your upstream/downstream? Last edited by goBigtime; 02-02-2005 at 02:52 AM..

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