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Official release:

https://www.utopiafiber.com/2024/05/08/utopia-fiber-adds-thr...

Utopia Fiber:

   1Gbps for $45/mo
  10Gbps for $150/mo

AT&T Fiber:

   1Gbps for $80/mo
   5Gbps for $250/mo  *** note: slower speed

I think there should be a $30/month charge for Utopia added to their service.

https://www.utopiafiber.com/residential-pricing/

So it's slightly cheaper than AT&T for 1Gbps and a more significant difference for their 10Gbps service which AT&T doesn't offer, as you point out.

> So it's slightly cheaper than AT&T for 1Gbps

Utopia is:

  77% cheaper than AT&T (1 Gbps)
  66% cheaper than AT&T (5 Gbps) yet delivers 2x the speed than AT&T

That doesn't seem "slightly cheaper" to me.

You're using the wrong pricing. AT&T has one price. Utopia has 2 components, the ISP and Utopia itself, making up the total price. If you go to the website link I posted, it's not $45, it's $45 to the ISP and $30 to Utopia. That makes $75, which is slightly cheaper than $80.

"Service from UTOPIA Fiber is billed in <two parts>. One part is for services provided by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) you select, and the other is for the physical network connection provided by UTOPIA Fiber. Check out our price list to help you compare service options from our various ISPs. "

https://www.utopiafiber.com/residential-pricing/

Emphasis mine. The cheapest service available from Utopia is $30 to them + $35 for 250Mbps service, totaling $65/month. There is no $45/month service.

How have you calculated that price for 1Gbps? I'm looking at the numbers and it seems like the cheapest 1 Gpbs connection would be $70/mo?

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