Gives me a new appreciation for the services available here, where 3mbps is considered slow and is dirt cheap. My connection is rated 30mb down/5mb up and consistently tests >90% of rated speed. I’m paying $45/month, while 10mbps can be had for ~$30.
I checked Comcast and they want $84.99/month for 25Mbps, which our neighbors tell us is a total fraud. Verizon DSL told me they have no intention of upgrading my area so we will not get any higher DSL speeds. I asked about FIOS as they just put in all the equipment and fiber two homes from mine at the intersection of our cul de sac and the Verizon FIOS people said that even though the equipment is there they will not let the ten homes on our street have FIOS.
We are literally stuck with two companies that will not service us at all and yet we live in the Washington DC area.