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Linux-Is-Best t1_j2bwo15 wrote

T-Mobile Internet for $30 a month for the win.

I have experienced Comcast Xfinity and Charter Spectrum, and the latency was the same as T-Mobile. I am only paying less (which is a win). Both cable providers kept raising their rates. Sometimes they would give you a speed bump and call that the new "normal," but the rates would likely follow soon afterward.

Of the two (2) cable companies, Comcast Xfinity was the worst. I owned my own modem and lost count of how many times they wanted to bill me for using their modem (which I did not have). At least Charter Spectrum (locally) did not have that issue, but I would still suggest buying your own modem since theirs would cause issues (even if theirs was free).

But I digress. The fees kept adding up, and I learned having the so-called "fast speed" did not add up too much. You can watch Netflix in full 1080pi with as little as 5 Mbps download. I learned that when Comcast Xfinity experienced issues. I later discovered when Charter Spectrum had problems that you could still play 4k video with as low as 20 Mbps. All that hype for having the fastest speed is just that, hype. It's to justify the next new price increase.

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