Poll: Cost of internet service?

[golfcart]

I am interested in knowing how much you pay monthly/yearly for internet access. Please list your connection speed and cost.
Me: 56k dialup $15/month
DirecPC $39.95/month
Soon to be cable for $39.95/month http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[big_block_buick]

cable, 39.95/month (and well worth it)

[hav0c]

ISDN, $39.95 to ISP, $40 to telco. for 128k

I wish I had cable or DSL!

oh well..

[Andy_L]

Cable (@home in Netherlands) 90 Guilders (about $40) a month.

[deob197]

56kbps modem dial up, £15.00 (England) per month with no call charges, but it's oooooh sooooooo sloooooooow!

[woodyee]

Cable service here in Mass mediaone.net, if you purchase your own modem it's $29.95/mth. I will never go back, 100 million byte downloads in 10 minutes. That on 56K took 1 whole day if I was lucky, using getitright.

[pepper]

£10 (about $15) a month for 56k dial up with no call charges (with Blueyonder). Bit slow for downloads but otherwise not too bad http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[randy48]

$39.95/month cable
$10.00/month modem rent
(I would buy my own, but in the last year I had 2-go bad)

[Tekkitan]

I pay $9.95/month for my dialup, but in about a week or two, I am getting cable modem installed for $39.95/month. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/redface.gif)
FINALLY NO MORE DIALUP!

[krusty the klown]

No monthly subscrption fees, but £0.01/minute call charges (~1.4c/min).

Considering the connection is unreliable, unstable and slow..... Grrr!

I'd like to get 512k cable - cheaper than ADSL (Another Dodgy Signal Link) @ £30/month.

[HfdWolfPack]

@home Cable - $39.95/m
I dont think I could handle going back to dialup, even for free

[Thud]

$9.95/mo for 15 hrs/mo. Plus 10 yen (about $.10) per three minutes dialup fee to the phone company. I could get 90 hrs/mo for $30, but if I used all of that, I'd pay about $180 in dial-up charges alone!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

[HotRod9mm]

Free!

About 2yrs ago my dial up ISP sold out and they sent me an email requesting my account info. I emailed them back letting them know my account was due and asked where to send the payment? No reply. I called them a couple of weeks later and requested it again, still no reply, same thing the 3rd time, so I will wait on them to contact me http://www.sysopt.com/forum/redface.gif .

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[Bsdboy]

$29.95 cable.

Bsdboy

[AuraEdge]

56k at home for $100/year or something, and 10Mpbs at school free with cost of tuition http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[wyvrn]

I used to have a free account with Flashnet, albeit unintentionally. I closed my account because at the time I was getting two free at Swbell (worked there). Well one day I noticed my roommate logging in to Flashnet (we shared accounts back then). Long story short, Flashnet had cancelled my billing but had left open my account and email. I called them, but try as they might, there engineers could not shut down my account, so we had free internet access for several months (I still did not use them because they sucked). I tried once again a few months ago and it looks like they finally got it right because my old password does not work anymore.

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[rlpos]

Att Worldnet. $4.95 monthly for 150 hrs. 52k to 53k dialup connection

[doc1one]

$19.95 per month
56k
Company pays for it I don't.

[drizzle]

ADSL w/ BellSouth.net
$49/month and well worth it. As many have said before I just couldn't bare to return to dial-up access. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[SnapperOne]

Chicago. AT&T @Home cable. $39.95 w/ modem.

While I hate working with AT&T and the variable speeds that comes with cable service, I gotta' admit I'd never go back to 56K.

[Ironforge]

Charter.net cable modem..
$24.95 a month for the service, $3 a month to rent the cable modem..

512k up/down

works fairly well except lately speeds have not been consistant.. (on the upload, download seems ok)

[Roraycr]

Cable w/AT&T@home. Works great except about once a month something happens and I have to run WINIPCFG to release and renew the connection. On a web bandwidth test, I'm usually at or above T1. Not bad for 39.99 a month.

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[marc666]

dsl $39.95 a month hey it wrks fer me

[Kuasimodem]

Cable Modem 512 each way, Charter Pipeline. $40/month

hey Fyxxer32, might I recommend the Dlink DI-704 router/firewall/hub? The setup for mine consisted of hooking up the cables and turning it on.

[Barney]

bART cable in the Netherlands for 30 bucks. It has been bought up by Chello, we have to switch in 3 weeks and costs 6 bucks a month more. There will be ADSL here in 3 months at 40 bucks a month. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jad1097]

ADSL $40 Bellsouth

[keithq]

Had Dsl at $39 a month now have @Home cable $39 a month (nice upgrade).
Hope I never have to go back to dialup.

[tazman]

I pay 39.95 for cable in Upstate NY and 19.95 for dial-up in Florida. I am suffering on a dial-up when in FL.

Me

[flea]

about ten pounds(GB) per month, no call charges 6pm -8am and at weeekends. I get cut off after 2 hours, although the service is quite good, although i have only had it for a month, i used to have an 0845 local call isp. (freeserve / bt suftime )

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[Imperion1]

Running Road Runner from Cox. $39.99 mo + $15 mo modem rental. 2 reasons why I don't just buy it, 1 it could **** out and 2 I just don't have $250 to spend for one. Of course renting does have advantages, if it goes out, the cable company replaces it for free.

[jaida]

@home cable 39.95 month canadian

[DougM]

56K $0/mo
No cable available.
iDSL is available but $90/mo for 144K

[barbados]

Over-the-air DSL. About 250K up/down.

$42.00/mo

[digital_d_17]

Running 640K DSL at home for ~$40/month. After numberous screwups (and finding out that the guy that remodled our house before we bought it used the crappiest wiring possible for the phone lines), it's working perfectly! Remember, treat dial-up like drugs: "Just say NO"

-Digital D.

[Mal]

School's 10Mbps connection. $6/month.

[DanU]

AT&T @HOME in SF Bay area.
$39/month + $5/month for a 2nd IP address
3Mbps down http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif, 128Kbps up http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif.

[Cygnus-X1]

$8.95 a month 56k dialup http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
Its not too bad; just wish I could afford the 40 Bucks or so for DSL.

[captpete]

T1 at school for free. 97 k at home for $27.

[charmler]

Verizon (GTE) ADSL 768 down and 128 up. $32.50 for Verizon and $30 for ISP(turbonet.com) per month. It usually hits 700k but sometimes less than 400k.

[Hoopla]

dsl- 1mb down\256kb up , been given modem but service hasnt started yet.... 40$ gig cap, 46$ unlimited

[tazman]

try adsubtract.com - it'll more than triple the speed - extremly on cable. Do a bandwith @ 2wire.com 'for and aft.

ME

[beaver]

ATT@home.
$39.95/month with a cable modem lease.
I dislike ATT but I like cable modem and won't go back dial-up.

[jl123]

$39 a month for 768Kbps down/128Kbps up DSL from Verison...

ISP included

~Joel

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[elroy]

I got DSL about a month ago, $40 a month, they supply the modem. It runs about 700-900K upload and download. I've gotten download speeds as high as 150K per sec. I'm in west central Indiana, very rural area. I'm with tctc.com. I hope I NEVER see 56K again! I run 2 machines on a network with ICS through this DSL.

[RobRich]

CharterTN.net, 56k = $17.95 / month

MSN, 56k v.92 = $21.95 / month

Likely soon to be StarBand/Gilat 2-way sat for about $60 per month.

Robert Richmond

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[fyxxer32]

I use Roadrunner , cable isp, they own the modem so if it craps out , its on them. $39.95 a month BUT you have to have basic cable tv too. But I can and am getting ready to hook all 4 of my computers to it.

[kljucd1]

Hi,
I use Bigpond Cable in Australia.
1. roughly $35US/month
2. 256kbps.
Daniel...

[vintron]

I cancelled my cable TV service, so i have to pay $5 extra just for the Internet service. Each month i pay $47.?? ($45+tax) for this:

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif
** Speed 2063(down)/360(up) kbps **
(At least 41 times faster than a 56k modem)
Logging result
Finish.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

YEahhhhhh. Tweak baby tweak.
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This speed test can be found at: http://www.dslreports.com/stest

[rh71]

Optimum Online for $29.99/mo. (would be $10 more if we didn't have their cable tv service).

[MadMatt]

$39.95/mo for 1.5Mbps down, 128Kbps up ADSL from PacBell. Gotta love downloading at 160K/sec!

[prttybean]

I think I must live in the technology armpit of the world. (WI) I am desperately waiting for DSL to hit my city. Calling my local telco company goes like this.

Me: "Hi, I was wondering when you were going to start offering DSL"

Sales Rep: "We're doing the provisioning. Should be soon."

Couple months later..........

Me: "Hi, I would like an update on DSL in (My City).
Sales Rep: "We don't offer it there."
Me: "Ummmmmmm, I know, The last person said you were working on it."
Sales Rep: "I don't know. Maybe Repair Does"

Transferred to the repair Dept.

Me: Hi, BLAH BLAH BLAH
Repair Guy: Well, I think my supervisor was just in a meeting about that. Can I have him call you?.

That was a month ago. The cities around us have it. Just not here. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

I just keep calling. Eventually they'll probably just start hanging up on me. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jak]

u guys will love this and please feel free to rip on me, i have AOL. haha it sucks terribly, im kicked off all the time, downloads are like on average 2.5 kbps transfer and if i had the money id get cable from att, no options there, cause ameritec sucks and we have to constantly repair the line so dsl will suck too. i want cable, even though road runner ain't the best.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
jak

[samwichse]

Dual T1 with tuition. Plus, play UT with 10 people across campus with only about 6-12 ping http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif.

[dosmastr]

you cable users paying less than 50 are spoiled,
around here (south jersy USA) its comcast or telco.
i use netzero because i'm a freeloading bum (lol) and because cable costs 50+ a month
i had NEVER heard of it for less than 40, looks like i'm moving to MASS later < hehehe >

[RalphArch]

I just signed up for Comcast 2 way cable last weekend ($33 because I bought a modem($100)). Before this was using ExpressNet one way cable (telco return) for $20; with Netzero backup. Before that was using Winfire dial up for free (1 year)while awaiting DSL which never came because they went under.

Before that used WebCombo for 2 years for a one time charge of $125 until they went bankrupt.

[jagman]

56k dialup . paying the telco at the rate of Rs1.2 for 3 min (about half a dollar per hour . Local calls are metered billed .
When dsl arrives it should be close to Rs29990 for modem and Rs2000 per month , ie less than $50 a month for 64kbps dsl .
Pathetic !

[mondayz]

8.95 mo with juno
connect 48k
has been nearly flawles for 6 months now

[chevelle67]

$39.95 Per month Road Runner cable hook up. $34.00 Per year, yes per year, Juno back-up, dial-up connection. Haven't had to use it. Cable connection-can't beat it!~ The best price I ever got from aol was 9.95 per month, but for 34 bucks a year for a dial-up for "just in case" I figured it was worth it.

[Tex_Gex]

I had MSN when it first came out. They had the worst billing problems. I cancelled my account after a month and then got a 256.00 charge on my credit card. I called and got it reversed but left the dun connection. About a month later tried it and it worked. It worked for 2 years before the turned it off and I never got a bill...

With that would happen again..

[Jeff7]

$29.95 a month for adequate cable speeds. The download is OK - maxes out around 100KB/sec. Uploads seem to be limited to 15KB/sec. However, since I've had it (been several months now) the cable signal has only outright died twice, and was fixed within an hour or two of calling in to report the problem.

[acosmo37]

There's no cable available here yet. I could get 56k for about $20.00 amonth but I settle for 33,600k at $10.00 a month. I guess that seems like the dark ages to cable users.
Actually I get mine free now because I volunteer my services to help set up new users accounts.

[mtpros]

I have IFITL service through Bellsouth average downstream is 2Megs up is 256
My service runs me $40 a month but that is because I have the Bellsouth Complete Choice plan on my phone. I also have Digital TV service through Bellsouth Entertainment so my total bill per month for IFITL/Phone/Digital TV is roughly $111.00

[derek79602]

NetZero Platinum.... It's 9.95 a month (unlimited and no ads)and it ROCKS compared to AT&T and Juno (tried them both) 50,666 consistent connects...

[JBKILLA]

34.95 Road Runner, in Florida , had it for 6 months now and NO! complaints http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif. It's THA' BOMB!!

[Wilan Wong]

512K/Down-128K/Up Cable
$72.55 per Month (AUS Dollars)
Unlimited Hours
Unlimited Downloads

[welsh wizard]

I use three
1.
56K free unlimited, but no E-mail access other than Hotmail and the like.
2.
56K unlimited with 5 E-mail accounts,
$24.95 NZD per month
3.
Satlink not reached top speed with this yet but downloaded Netscape the other day in about 12minutes. also has 5 E-mail accounts plus 20MB homepage free use.
cost $59 NZD Per Month.

$1 NZD buys about 48cents USD

WW

[Deanna_L]

cable modem 512 kbps $49.99/month with free dial-up connection

[ragtop]

Roadrunner cable - $39.95/mo. Before that, 56K dialup for $10/mo.

[club_med]

ADSL at 80$/month (1gig dl/month limit)

I could have Cable at 30$/month (unlimited dl and static ip) but these jerks say it would cost too much to install the lines to my house http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif.

cm.

[SandraSue]

I have a DSL line with PacBell.net
Service has been tops with almost no down time.
Signed up for 1 year and the install and equipment was free.
Cost is $39.00 per month, hopefully this will lower with competition.

[TOAD6147]

56k dial-up at $99/yr. Of course, there's two of those in the house and the only other alternative is RoadRunner - no high-speed phone lines here - but I'm not read to feed that bird yet especially since I have satallite TV.

[dopefeedback]

Cable LAN for absolutely nothing. That's right, FREE cable for 2 years. =D

[BobyJo]

I have DirecPC, $49.99 per month, soon to be $59.99 for DirecPC 2 way satellite

[dbnoll03]

$39.95 for @Home cable in Eugene, OR.
Great Speed! Never will touch a 56k again!
106 MB file in 6 minutes on a bad day!

[DaHazeMan]

$35.95/mth Canadian for cable
I get a $4/mth VIP discount cuz it's on the same bill as the cable through Rogers.
Been over 2 years now...I'll NEVER go back to dialup.
And despite them saying the modem would be on a rental basis when they came out on the market, I have yet to be charged a rental fee or get a bill to purchase it!

[No Limit]

I have Pacbell ADSL service. 1.5megabits down/128k up. It costs $49.99 a month. It's better than Cable because with Cable you basically share your bandwidth with those around you. So if you live in a big metropolis city, your download speeds will decrease quickly during peak hours.

[RayH]

I once paid for service about three years ago for about sixty days. I had to sign up for pay service, as my dialup freebie, has just changed TOS.

I still haven't been billed yet. I'm in a 90 day trial offer. It'll be $9.95 for 56K thereafter.

The only home broadband game in this town is Pac Bell DSL for $49.95/mo. I don't do $49.95 surfing. If I was in MA, I'd pop for a modem and a $29.95//mo cable, like my daughter!

[Mungla]

I haven't had a 28.8/56k modem in the house since the early 90's. We were ISDN beta testers for roughly two years, then we tested DSL, now were actually out of the testing and using a next generation DSL called Etherloop. We live 2.1mi from our CO building, even at that speed this box is always sync'd up at 4Mb down/3.33Mb Up. Here is an extert from searches I found on Google.

Created by Nortel spin-off Elastic Networks, EtherLoop (a.k.a next generation DSL) is Ethernet over standard twisted pair (POTS ) technology that allows for simultaneous voice and high-speed data communications. Speeds range from 125 Kbps to 6 Mbps over distances of up to 21,000 feet.
Similar to Ethernet, Etherloop transmits data packets in bursts. Between bursts, EtherLoop looks for problems and interference in the lines and knows to steer clear and find an alternate path. Also, EtherLoop is Ethernet compliant, so it is easily adaptable to existing Ethernet systems.
EtherLoop also borrows from the best of DSL to offer point-to-point security and a non-shared medium (more users don't slow down connection speed), But unlike DSL, EtherLoop avoids impacting other services such as ISDN, T-1, ADSL, HDSL and SDSL, which are in the same cable binder group.
EtherLoop is not proprietary. Elastic Networks plans on licensing the technology to manufacturers who can design and create their own EtherLoop solutions.

Currently, EtherLoop provides up to 4-Mbps adaptive throughput in both directions at distances up to 21,000 feet. Elastic Networks plans to offer speeds of 6-Mbps in the third or fourth quarter of this year and 10-Mbps sometime in 2001.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/etherloop.html


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[The Happy Pessimist]

roadrunner cable for 45 bucks (includes modem rental) a month (orange county, california).......(if you have time warner cable alreayd its only 40 bucks a month

[F4_Hunter]

$49.95 for 768Mbps Ameritech DSL. Kinda high but its reliable and all I can get.

[tepo]

74 $US / Month for 256k DSL... Expensive, but cheeper than to have to get a phone and ISDN...

Tepo

[tepo]

74 $US / Month for 256k DSL... Expensive, but cheeper than to have to get a phone and ISDN...

Tepo

[Richard_Cranium72]

$8.25 per month for 56k dial-up

I connect at 46.5-48.8 with either pay service that I've had lately.

BellSouth.net

[bhess]

$39.95 for cable.

[tvclyly]

T1 at work FREE
DSL 144K at home FREE, my wife work ofr UUNet and it it free for certain Network Engineering.

[SiteCharts.com]

ISDN 28$ (13 numbers / 2 lines)
DSL 7$ (768 Down / 128 Up)
Online Flatrate 25$ (DSL only)
=> Phone + Internet = 60$

[This message has been edited by SiteCharts.com (edited 04-23-2001).]

[mkehinde2]

£20.99/$31 for cable modem rental@64kbs,Digital TV and 1 phone line

[dawgtuff]

$19.95 month, Bellsouth 56K.Excellent service here in Atlanta.