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>You’ll see congestion during peak usage times

Yeah, that's kind of the issue. That, and latency.

Not OP, but I used tmobile ISP for over two years during the whole Covid era. Worked pretty good for what it is, managed to get about 200 Mbps down and 20 up. I hit 500 Mbps but moved away from that area at one point. I only just switched to fiber recently because a 1G fiber line was installed and only cost $60 a month.

>Worked pretty good for what it is,

Sure. The "for what it is" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, though. See also: it's rather expensive for what it is.

What? I feel like people coast on experiences from 5-10 years ago. This isn't a 3G hotspot. Ping time right now is 53ms and I'm getting 200/20 for $50, all included, no additional fees. This is outside their actual ideal service area too.

I'd love symmetric fiber for $50, but 'for what it is' isn't doing much lifting at all.

Eh, it's relative. You can get that for like 10 euros a month in Romania and they throw in a mobile phone and some cable channels to boot I think.

yeah but you can haphazardly hang fiber off of telephone poles in Romania

Hmm not sure if I totally agree. Like sure, it’s a no brainer for my situation since I get 1G fiber for $60. But I have a bunch of friends and family paying $50 for Comcast for 200/10 copper lines.

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