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Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I ask because I feel I need to save some money in the oncoming months. Currently, I pay over $76 for 100MBps/1000GB cap. And I don't think it's a bad deal, but they're going to be hiking it up to $90+ by next October and I feel it is not worth that. But I also need to save money too.

What is the difference between 55MB and 100MB when it comes to speed? The cap for the 55MBps plan is 350GB and I tried asking if that could be altered but the ISP says they can't. This plan will cost me $30 a month.

All I ever do anymore is just stream YouTube, sometimes Hulu/Netflix/Tubi. Occasionally I'll download a game or two, multiplayer gaming is non-existent.

Edit: There's been a lot of good responses replied to this and I appreciate it.

I'm leaning towards on downgrading with the volume of people that suggest that it isn't that bad, but it boils down to preferences and habitual behaviors when using the internet. With so many games already downloaded and being left to just streaming/Second Life, I think it warrants the change.

I just wish that my ISP would've kicked up the cap to 500GB because that'd sweeten the deal much more but this ISP is not well known and these kind of ISPs operate on different worlds than the big names.

Furthermore, people have suggested going 5G Wireless but the problem with that is that my apartment management is stingy as fuck so it's not an option for me nor does Verizon say that they can offer a plan in my current location. Fiber connections such as Google Fiber, MetroNet .etc aren't an option.

Century Link seems to only offer $70 for...10MB in my location (Fucking awful)

Mediacom says they can't even service my area (then how come I see your vans around where I am with other customers?)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Des Moines Iowa.

Yes I know the options are terrible and I am aware if alternative ISPs but my apartment management only offers just one ISP. It is not Verizon or any other big name, just some not so well known company with a site design from the 90s in every bad way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Note to self. Do not move to Des Moines. I pay $60/mo for symmetrical gig (1000 Mbps) with no cap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Try tmobile's wireless internet. They usually have an option to try free for 30 days. Depending on where you live it can be a great alternative.

[–] randombullet 3 points 4 months ago

Maybe T-Mobile home Internet is good enough?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

May I humbly suggest Verizon 5G home internet. I checked and it's widely available in Des Moines. Around $45 a month with a discount if you also have Verizon mobile. 300mbps down and like 30 up. No caps. It's just a white box that uses cell towers, so you are not limited to whatever shitty service your apartment complex has contracted with. I used it for 2 or 3 years in Providence, RI, and it was terrific. Cheap, fast enough for my work needs and streaming on 2 TVs, and I never had any problems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tried doing an area search, only got a form for my address to notify me when service is available.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Oh bummer. I used city hall as the address, since that's all I had to go on.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Because they are the shitty kind. Here is what I do not get, I have seen CenturyLink and Mediacom vans come in my area. I assume it is to service people's connections or other things. If my apartment management tells me that VisionSystems is all that they can offer, why do I see vans from other ISPs come here?

And Mediacom isnt too far from us either.

Mediacom and CenturyLink claim to not service my building though so something is not adding up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This practice is allowed and it sucks. Try wireless.