I have a gigabit internet plan with Comcast , cost me $80 a month. And yes there is a 1.2tb data cap each month. Every 50gb that you go over, you are automatically charged an additional $10. Oh I’ll just choose another ISP…nope Comcast is the only option in my town. Not unless I want 5G cell Internet or satellite which is not super reliable or fast.
Just to be clear. Comcast which is a major ISP for the United States has data caps?
I will never understand why the United States insists on living about 30 years behind the rest of the planet.
xonigo@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Insane isnt it, my cousin got a roaming charge driving across his own country.
lud@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Wait what, that’s insane! I can roam over the entire EU (probably EEA too) without roaming charges.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah they get reamed on roaming, speeds and data caps on top of it. Its crazy.
They be like “we earn more” and then also have to pay 12000 for medical insurance, 1000 for terrible internet and then a host of localised taxes.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Capitalism, an oligarchy that controls major players, and legislation to keep public players out of the game in a lot of places. Even aside from the fact that private companies are able to prevent municipalities from making their own networks, Congress passed taxes to build out a fiber network and let the ISPs do fuck all, to the point that we had been taxed to the tune of $400 BILLION dollars A FUCKING DECADE AGO.
It constantly amazes me the shit our government lets corporations get away with.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Depends on where you live, most places Comcast just has soft caps.
The US is actually moving further back. Data caps are a newer thing.