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To: Snark

They are just raising broadband rates as people cut cable. I cut mine in 2010 when my internet was $46. Now it is $73 a month.


4 posted on 01/31/2016 6:40:52 AM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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True but the overall cost of Data is going down.

You can get a lot more data minutes today than 5 years ago.

Plus I know companies are now upgrading from 4g to 5g which will be everywhere in 5 years.

For the record 5g runs between 1 to 1000gb of data. The current 4g runs between 1 to 1000mb. Most people who have high speed data at their homes, run between 10mb up to 100mb. So the 5g at the lowest level is about 1000 times faster than your current high speed internet at the house.

8 posted on 01/31/2016 6:49:18 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: ponygirl

“They are just raising broadband rates as people cut cable. I cut mine in 2010 when my internet was $46. Now it is $73 a month”

Of course. That’s how they screw us. They are falling behind financially as their subs keep dropping off. They aren’t going to be able to screw the common people forever.


19 posted on 01/31/2016 7:13:43 AM PST by Snark
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Ouch!


22 posted on 01/31/2016 7:18:41 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Huckster for Prez!)
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To: ponygirl

They are just raising broadband rates as people cut cable. I cut mine in 2010 when my internet was $46. Now it is $73 a month.

You got that right. That is why I am keeping cable. You can’t beat the cable company no matter what you do. It started with hard line phones. I decided not to get one in my new home. Did I save a penny on the bill? Heck no. In fact very soon having cable will be the same as having a hard line. It will be an addition but not cost anything because Broadband will cost 220 bucks a month to have. It’s coming. The cable company will win this “war on cable”.


25 posted on 01/31/2016 7:29:00 AM PST by napscoordinator
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They are just raising broadband rates as people cut cable. I cut mine in 2010 when my internet was $46. Now it is $73 a month.
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The cable companies will eventually be killed off by the cellular companies 4G can go MUCH faster and a 4G data box will be standard in homes for running internet/Roku etc.


37 posted on 01/31/2016 9:04:22 AM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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