when you first got broadband how fast was it and how much did you pay?

Realized it's been just about ten years since I first got broadband
service. Back then I paid paid $55 a month for 128kb/s up, 512kb/s
down.

These days I pay $35 for 1,500kb/s up, 12,000kb/s down.

 

It was the year 2000 and it was optonline that was the fastest at the
time and I got the special deal from the WIZ stores, so I believe it
was $29 a month... and I did not have any cablevision deal. I had Dish
TV!

 

I've had pretty similar experiences. Around here Cox is the cable
provider and AT&T the telephone company. Quite consistently for
a decade now Cox has had the fastest top level speed, been the most
expensive, and had the most technical problems and speeds drops during
peak demand. AT&T has always been cheaper, more reliable, less
latency, and no peak demand problems. But their max speed has always
been slower.

 

2005. $42.95 to Comcast. 3Mb/sec down, 800kb/sec up.

 

Issue Date 09/01/2001


BILL DETAILS

Service Charges
________________________________________________________________________________
Cut Off Date Description
Amount($)
________________________________________________________________________________
mwchang
27/12 - 26/01 B.Band Rental(20hrsPAYG)
198.00
29/12 B.Band Line Install Fee
530.00
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Service Charges
728.00

Usage/Storage Charges
________________________________________________________________________________
Cut Off Date Description
Amount($)
________________________________________________________________________________
mwchang
03/01 Broadband usage-2446Mins
81.53
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Usage / Storage Charges
81.53

 

note: Hong Kong Dollars

 

It was about fifty bucks from Comcrap in 2003 or thereabouts. A year later
I added teevee from them, too.

Now, it's still about fifty bucks, but if I cancel the teevee it'll go up to
80.

Bastards.

Jon

 

Toronto Canada. Rogers was the cable company and their High speed service
was WAVE. I got 768 K down and 128 up for about $30 a month in mid 1997. I
received some free cable teevee services because I was one of the first to
sig up for digitial cable and highspeed internet at same time in Toronto. I
also had a cell phone with the company and my total bills was about $110 to
$120

Service went to 1.5 mb in 1999 when WAVE became part of @home. Remember
them??? [email protected]??? the bill went to $40 a month

service went to 3 mb in 2003. 256 up

Service went to 5 mb in 2007. 384 up

Nowadays I live an hour west of Toronto in a small town and they have a
different cableco here. Cogeco. I get 16 mb/sec for a whopping $68 a
month with a 125 gb cap. $1 a gb over cap to a max of $50. Service is very
reliable and very very fast. including HD cable, 2nd digital cable box,
internet and cable phone my bill is $170 a month. pricey but very reliable
and very very very fast.