[lpa22]

“Stuck with 120Mbps down” made me spit out my drink

[thomastjeffery]

It's absurd and real at the same time.

My apartment contract forces me to pay $99/mo. for roughly 120mbit, while most residences on my block can get 1gbit symmetric from Google Fiber for $70/mo.

[pcchristie]

I assume the parent comment is making the opposite point? I'm in Australia and I can get 90-100mbps which is very fast in this country - I'd say the average house gets 50-60mbps (guessing, haven't looked it up).

[permo-w]

those prices are crazy. it never ceases to amaze me how expensive life is in the US. that aside, I'd be delighted with 120mbi/s. that's just under 2 hours to download 100gb. it may well take you longer to actually go to the shop and buy a physical copy

[dbetteridge]

Id love 120Mbps down!

I'm stuck with 100, which is actually closer to 80 most of the time.

I could have 250 if I wanted to more than double my monthly bill, but paying 200$ a month for internet isn't my Jam.

[myself248]

I recently downgraded to 30Mbps because it's the cheapest plan my ISP offers, and still more than I need.

I grew up with dialup and my brain simply automatically makes me do several things in parallel so some can finish loading while I'm working on others. If things load too quickly it throws me off, quite honestly. A large download is for tomorrow, or after dinner at the very least.

On the flipside, I do expect local desktop apps to open instantly, and when Discord or Teams takes 25 seconds to start up and render an interface, I'm profoundly annoyed.

Why, yes, I am cranky all the time, thanks for asking.