Comment Re: Antenna are still worse then netflix (Score 1) 186
It honestly depends on _where_ in the country you are.
Most anywhere on the coasts, or in medium-to-large cities, you can usually get pretty decent internet. Rural areas are going to be worse (e.g. just DSL, or if you're particularly unlucky, satellite) -- and well, there's a lot of that in the US.
Around here, the cable companies are starting off at 400 mbps for $65/month (although it's $45 for the first year) -- plus local taxes, etc (note, the US has varying sales tax depending on where you are in the country -- we do not have a set tax rate for the entire country). Although, the local cable ISP also has a 100mbps plan that I cannot select for some reason. Finally, there's a 900 mbps plan for $125 / mo.
Real quick check against BT in the UK, looks like the best they'll offer is ~67 mbps for 55 GBP. (approx $70). Not sure if BT has tax included or not. I didn't check through their fine print.
Now, that's not really a fair comparison, since BT is just DSL -- which we don't get here (the former DSL provider rolled out FTTH in the area, it starts at 100mbps for $50, plus tax).
NOTE -> I didn't bother looking at data caps or the like.
Most anywhere on the coasts, or in medium-to-large cities, you can usually get pretty decent internet. Rural areas are going to be worse (e.g. just DSL, or if you're particularly unlucky, satellite) -- and well, there's a lot of that in the US.
Around here, the cable companies are starting off at 400 mbps for $65/month (although it's $45 for the first year) -- plus local taxes, etc (note, the US has varying sales tax depending on where you are in the country -- we do not have a set tax rate for the entire country). Although, the local cable ISP also has a 100mbps plan that I cannot select for some reason. Finally, there's a 900 mbps plan for $125 / mo.
Real quick check against BT in the UK, looks like the best they'll offer is ~67 mbps for 55 GBP. (approx $70). Not sure if BT has tax included or not. I didn't check through their fine print.
Now, that's not really a fair comparison, since BT is just DSL -- which we don't get here (the former DSL provider rolled out FTTH in the area, it starts at 100mbps for $50, plus tax).
NOTE -> I didn't bother looking at data caps or the like.
