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You have to switch to a small business account instead of a residential account with comcast. Then you get genuinely unlimited use, no bandwidth cap. That is the only way to get past their 250GB cap. It's absurd that they won't sell you more bandwidth on any residential plan at any price, and that they kick people off the service rather than charging overages.

You do not need to have a business location to do this, or actually have a business. They will sell you small business cable internet at your residential apartment.

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I looked at this, but they want to charge a high installation fee and have a 1-year contract. Can you avoid the installation fee if you already have residential service? What about the contract?

Business internet plans for personal use are way too expensive IMO. $100/month for 22Mbits? That's terrible.

What are you suggesting? Is there a competing product available to buy which is better? I don't know of one in most areas. IMO bandwidth is worth paying for.

You can say there "should" be better deals available. But it doesn't do any good. If you think it's so easy to provide better internet then start a company.

You can say there "should" be better deals available. But it doesn't do any good. If you think it's so easy to provide better internet then start a company.

Because sitting idly watching ISP's ratchet up costs and lower the quality of service sure is getting things done.

I just said don't be idle. Be an entrepreneur. You are neither listening nor solving the problem, just idly complaining.

I'm saying $100/month for 22 megabits is terrible, it doesn't have to be this expensive.

Terrible compared to what? Go back 10 years and it's great. Go forward 10 years and it's terrible. Today, there's nothing better.

It's terrible in the fact that at my old address I got 25 Megabit for $65/month with no cap via AT+T and my work friends got 50 Megabit/month via Brighthouse for $65/month. Comcast can do better.

Cincinnati Bell offers 30mb down / 10mb up fiber-optic for $60/month and a 50/20 plan for $80. I'm pretty sure there's no data cap either, I've hit several terabytes some months without any issues. I've had this service for about 2 years now, and there was a $10/month discount when I first signed up.

> You can say there "should" be better deals available. But it doesn't do any good. If you think it's so easy to provide better internet then start a company.

Natural monopolies have long been recognized as a good target for government involvement, like public goods: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Natural_monop...

Depends on where you are. In my town, business cable is 10/1 for $100 only if you sign a 3-year contract.

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