[sigspec]

I live 20 minutes outside of a major US city. The fastest I can get for home service is 20/1. It's terrible. I use my cell phone half the time.

I hate what we've become. Maybe we were always this way.

[inversetelecine]

Starlink available? It's not cheap, but should offer at least faster download speeds most of the time and better than 1Mbps upload from what I've read.

[madaxe_again]

Starlink is cheap - where I am at least - and it just got cheaper. I get 300/40 with it for €40/mo., which they just reduced from €65. I mean, dog slow fixed line fibre in the nearby village is €50 a month. If ISPs aren’t careful starlink is going to eat their breakfast. It’s also faster and cheaper than LTE.

[gruez]

"20 minutes outside of a major US city" is probably dense enough that starlink realistically won't work.

[fragmede]

Have you looked into T-Mobile Home Internet?

[KerrAvon]

Cell-based internet in the US often doesn't work well in practice -- cell coverage tends to be incredibly spotty away from major roads. In populated areas, enough people are irrationally frightened of cell radiation to NIMBY additional cell towers required for coverage.

[overstay8930]

If you don't even have 5G FWA as an option then you are on copium if you think you live near a major US city

[cooper_ganglia]

Wow, I live more than 2 hours from a major city and even my internet is 500/50.