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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

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1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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H1Supreme ◴[10 Aug 22 16:32 UTC] No.32414690[source]▶
> 1Gbps with unlimited data for $79 a month

Wow, sign me up. Comcast, which has a monopoly on my market, charges me a few bucks more per month, for 150mbps.

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capableweb ◴[10 Aug 22 16:38 UTC] No.32414803[source]▶
The costs for internet in the US still surprises me, how on earth can it be so expensive?! I understand some countries, but in the US, it seems high costs are because "because we can", not because it has to be like that.

In comparison, you get 1 Gbps symmetric fiber connection in most countries in Europe for under ~$30/month. In some, you even get it for under $10/month (like Romania, which has surprisingly awesome internet infrastructure).

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1. pessimizer ◴[10 Aug 22 19:21 UTC] No.32417128[source]▶
> you get 1 Gbps symmetric fiber connection in most countries in Europe for under ~$30/month.

I suspect that decisionmakers in the US think that symmetric connections encourage communism.