# How Much Does Your High Speed Internet Cost? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993 "2001-09-21T11:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/21 "2001-09-21T18:39:22Z")
I too also have Cox@home. It’s $30 for the service and $15 for the cable modem rental. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/22 "2001-09-21T18:40:38Z")
$45,000 a year. Then again, I’m getting a college education, a room, and food out of the deal too, but that’s secondary (and tertiary and quartiary). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/23 "2001-09-21T19:12:08Z")
AT&T Broadband - $46.99 a month. We have satellite TV (Dish Network), but we kept basic cable because satellite goes out whenever it rains. Keeping basic cable knocks some money off our internet charge, like about $5 a month. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/24 "2001-09-21T19:28:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Natural-J-Bankie \* > \*\*$7.95/month for 768/128 Verizon DSL > > Beat that! 😉 \*\* 1024 Kbit SDSL, 8 registered IP addresses - free. Then again, I fix networks for the ISP in question 😃 S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/25 "2001-09-21T19:34:09Z")
DSLExtreme – $50/month, but I got a $5/month discount for signing up for a full year all at once. A bit expensive IMO, but having a static IP and no cable modem bandwidth contention was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/26 "2001-09-21T19:35:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Natural-J-Bankie \* > \*\*$7.95/month for 768/128 Verizon DSL > > Beat that! 😉 \*\* How’d you pull that one off? ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/27 "2001-09-21T21:28:53Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Natural-J-Bankie** _ > $7.95/month for 768/128 Verizon DSL > > Beat that! 😉 > > * * * > > _Originally posted by **bernse** _ > Speed wise, I think everyone has, my friend. > > 🙂 I don’t know… That’s much better than $19.95/month I was going to have to pay for 56k dial-up through Starpower (formerly Erols). That was actually the precipitating event that pushed me to broadband. ($10 more is but a small price to pay for a telephone line.) Still, how _did_ you pull that off? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/28 "2001-09-21T23:00:52Z")
British Telecom 512K Broadband £40 ($60) per month. That’s if it was available in my area. Which it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/29 "2001-09-21T23:10:50Z")
I don’t pay anything, it’s part of work package. Nostradamus, you could get a satellite modem, they work anywhere in the world (right). They are very competitive too. [hughes.com](http://hughes.com) does them: DirecPC ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/30 "2001-09-21T23:33:32Z")
Cable, Shaw@home. $40.00, provided that you already have a tv cable account with them. ---
**Author:** ![Natural-J-Bankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Natural-J-Bankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natural-J-Bankie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/31 "2001-09-22T02:51:51Z")
Well, it looks like somebody did beat me, but he cheated. And yes most people here have me beat speedwise. That’s not actually too important for me. I never download things too big, and I have patience from my dialup days 🙂 I’m not really sure how I got that price, but when I signed up it was $50/month, and after a while they automatically cut it down to $17.95, then $7.95. Guess customer loyalty counts for something. I live in LA, and was one of the fisrt in this area to get DSL. I’ve been with them for over a year, so our contract is up, and we’re on month to month now. I did have to pay $200 in startup fees though, but I think I’ve recouped that. Besides, broadband is quite important to me, so it would be worth it even for $50/month. Their service and reliability have improved too. And I get 4 IPs for no extra charge. They’re dynamic, though, but that’s OK. While the extra bandwidth of cable would be nice, for $7.95 I’m not complaining. Besides, I’d only end up using the extra bandwidth to download warez, MP3s and movies. Ok, not really, but what else do you need it for? Oh yeah, porn! ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/32 "2001-09-22T05:48:36Z")
[Test your bandwidth speed!](http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/) 769.9kbps down, 135.6kbps up - all for 45$/mo. through Qwest DSL - includes the cost of my other two phone lines. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/33 "2001-09-22T12:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Natural-J-Bankie \* > \*\*Well, it looks like somebody did beat me, but he cheated. And yes most people here have me beat speedwise. That’s not actually too important for me. I never download things too big, and I have patience from my dialup days 🙂 > > I’m not really sure how I got that price, but when I signed up it was $50/month, and after a while they automatically cut it down to $17.95, then $7.95. Guess customer loyalty counts for something. I live in LA, and was one of the fisrt in this area to get DSL. I’ve been with them for over a year, so our contract is up, and we’re on month to month now. I did have to pay $200 in startup fees though, but I think I’ve recouped that. Besides, broadband is quite important to me, so it would be worth it even for $50/month. > > Their service and reliability have improved too. And I get 4 IPs for no extra charge. They’re dynamic, though, but that’s OK. > > While the extra bandwidth of cable would be nice, for $7.95 I’m not complaining. Besides, I’d only end up using the extra bandwidth to download warez, MP3s and movies. Ok, not really, but what else do you need it for? Oh yeah, porn! \*\* Actually not loyalty. Most likely a billing mistake. Cool though. You actually should have only 1 dynamic IP too! It sounds like you are only paying the Verizon online internet fees, not the network side. Of course you run the risk of getting shut of when they find it but until then congrats! In the event that they do shut it down and you have to call in to restart, do me a favor? If you get me DO NOT yell at me about how you can’t live withought your DSL for another day. k? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/34 "2001-09-22T12:50:19Z")
Using the test posted above, I got 2.17 mbps down, and 173kbps up. Roadrunner, $40/month. **Sublight** , 30-60 mbps for $50? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/35 "2001-09-22T16:09:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mblackwell \* > \*\*Using the test posted above, I got 2.17 mbps down, and 173kbps up. > > Roadrunner, $40/month. > > \*\* I also have RoadRunner, $40 a month. But mine tests at 3.72 mbps down and 207 kbps up. Locally, I can’t beat it. ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/36 "2001-09-22T16:38:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sultan Kinkari \* > **[Test your bandwidth speed!](http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/)** According to this, my stats are 2.98mbps down, 100.9kbps up. I only did this test once though. ---
**Author:** ![atypicalcarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@atypicalcarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atypicalcarl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/37 "2001-09-22T18:37:23Z")
2.1m up / 259k down $29.95 + $5 modem rental Charter @Home - Athens, Ga ---
**Author:** ![atypicalcarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@atypicalcarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atypicalcarl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/38 "2001-09-22T18:38:46Z")
oops! up/down, down/up… sheesh ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993/39 "2001-09-24T04:23:06Z")
That test gave me: 1.47 Mbps down 164.3 Kbps up. Odd, the up is faster than I’m supposed to get and the up is much slower. I’ve been able to consistently upload at over 250 Kbps, though, so I’m not worried. I think this does a nice burst rate, which is not sustained. I only get about 1.05Mbps sustained on average. Not that I’m complaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-your-high-speed-internet-cost/82993.md?page=1)