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I ask because I feel I need to save some money in the oncoming months. Currently, I pay over $76 for 100MBps/1000GB cap. And I don't think it's a bad deal, but they're going to be hiking it up to $90+ by next October and I feel it is not worth that. But I also need to save money too.

What is the difference between 55MB and 100MB when it comes to speed? The cap for the 55MBps plan is 350GB and I tried asking if that could be altered but the ISP says they can't. This plan will cost me $30 a month.

All I ever do anymore is just stream YouTube, sometimes Hulu/Netflix/Tubi. Occasionally I'll download a game or two, multiplayer gaming is non-existent.

Edit: There's been a lot of good responses replied to this and I appreciate it.

I'm leaning towards on downgrading with the volume of people that suggest that it isn't that bad, but it boils down to preferences and habitual behaviors when using the internet. With so many games already downloaded and being left to just streaming/Second Life, I think it warrants the change.

I just wish that my ISP would've kicked up the cap to 500GB because that'd sweeten the deal much more but this ISP is not well known and these kind of ISPs operate on different worlds than the big names.

Furthermore, people have suggested going 5G Wireless but the problem with that is that my apartment management is stingy as fuck so it's not an option for me nor does Verizon say that they can offer a plan in my current location. Fiber connections such as Google Fiber, MetroNet .etc aren't an option.

Century Link seems to only offer $70 for...10MB in my location (Fucking awful)

Mediacom says they can't even service my area (then how come I see your vans around where I am with other customers?)

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[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wow that is expensive.

In NZ I'm on a 300/100 plan with no data cap, for $77/month. That is about $43USD/month.

I have 800/300, no caps, for like 30โ‚ฌ/month. Those prices are insane.

[โ€“] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It definitely is, middle of nowhere Indiana here - I'm getting 1000/1000 for $95 and no cap. But I'm lucky enough to be in a location with competition, lots of areas in the US only have one option so they get charged whatever the ISP wants.

[โ€“] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

95 fucking dollars a month?!? And you reckon that's a good deal?

I'd call it Stockholm syndrome but even the Swedish know you're getting fucked up the ass ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 1 points 16 hours ago

It's a better fucking deal than $76 for 55mbps lol

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

For ~$100USD/month 4000/4000, no caps.
For ~$80USD/month 2000/2000, no caps.
For ~$60USD/month 1000/1000, no caps.

[โ€“] cone_zombie@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I pay $5 for 100Mb/no cap. I'm not from the US though

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

That is cheap compared to NZ

[โ€“] Montagge@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure what to say....that really sucks.