I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

  • crate_of_mice@lemm.eeEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Maybe you should organise a community run ISP instead?

    They’re quite common where I live, although I don’t use one myself. I still only pay 400sek for unlimited 500/500.

    • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      It’s easier to do in more rural or remote areas but cities and suburbs make it a bit harder. US prices are also fucked. I’m currently paying $62/month for 100 down and 10 up and that’s the cheapest option around us.