I had thought that Scotland (at least on the west coast) had a natural advantage from transatlantic cables landing there (meaning there is some good backbone infrastructure too) but I think I was just wrong and they mostly terminate around the Bristol Channel.
With extremely limited availability, the best you can get in most places is 1.8Gbps down and 120Mbps up isn’t it? I know OpenReach have recently announced a 1Gbps symmetric service but I’m not aware of any ISPs offering it yet and the wholesale costs are £1,200/year which is realistically going to translate to about £150+/month retail.
I’m with Zen and paying them, I think, £65/month for their 1.6Gbps package (they don’t offer 1.8 for some reason).
I pay $35/mo for 10 Gbps in Japan https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png
In Canada, Rogers/Bell would have you assassinated for even suggesting speeds like that are possible in 2025.
You can’t get symmetrical 1Gbps residential connections, but I imagine the EE plans cost more than $500/m.
I’m on Leaptel 1000/400 for $166/m and it’s fantastic. Fingers crossed they offer the nbn multi gig speeds later this year.
It's crazy to me how different it is across the Tasman - in NZ you can get 2 or 4 Gbps symmetrical for $150-180/m NZD in major cities.
> This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city.
I'd pay that. I am stuck with 2mb ADSL living in the centre of a major city in Scotland.
I had thought that Scotland (at least on the west coast) had a natural advantage from transatlantic cables landing there (meaning there is some good backbone infrastructure too) but I think I was just wrong and they mostly terminate around the Bristol Channel.
Really? I'm on 74/18 down/up in Dundee. https://www.speedtest.net/result/17623286611
(tbf when I was more central dundee it was closer to 20/10).
Sounds like a business line or something specialist. What's the average civilian internet like?
Australia had a uniquely fucked up fiber rollout (the National Broadband Network or NBN). I don't know if it's still fucked.
Intertesting. I get 1Gbps symmetric from AT&T for $90/mo (was $70/mo two years ago when this article was written).
I'm in the Silicon Valley and have multiple ISP options (although AT&T is the only 1000/1000 option).
I guess our prices stay low because if they went too high it would motivate their competitors to move in.
Aussie Broadband is $150/month for 1Gbps/Down 50Mbs/Up, unless you really need the symmetric that is not representative.
In Norway this costs $130 a month after you've added the option of having a fixed IPv4 address.
UK £37 a month, £5 extra for a static IPv4 address.
With extremely limited availability, the best you can get in most places is 1.8Gbps down and 120Mbps up isn’t it? I know OpenReach have recently announced a 1Gbps symmetric service but I’m not aware of any ISPs offering it yet and the wholesale costs are £1,200/year which is realistically going to translate to about £150+/month retail.
I’m with Zen and paying them, I think, £65/month for their 1.6Gbps package (they don’t offer 1.8 for some reason).
There are alt-net fibre providers with a symmetric service.
I am only paying for 500Mbps but could get 2Gbps if I wanted.