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I'm in NYC and I have a local ISP called Honest Internet that gives me gigabit for $50/mo. Comcast/Xfinity, Verizon, Spectrum all wanted $90/mo for this. I also have a direct email address to get support rather than some useless "chatbot" and endless phone queue. Support local ISPs.

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Cox is more than that in Phoenix... I've got 2gb down (100mb up) currently. I do wish they didn't charge 2x or more to host a server at home though (business account).

> I do wish they didn't charge 2x or more to host a server at home though (business account).

How is this enforced? Is it an IP address (instead of NAT) you're paying for?

The cable company blocks common inbound server ports for residential connections... I've considered just using DNS for letsencrypt and a non-standard port for http/https, but would rather not.

For less than the cost difference, I have a good sized VPS on OVH that I use.

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