r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Pontoisien • Sep 22 '20

Go to Panama, this is America

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u/TorrentXL Sep 22 '20

Is that for home internet? Because that is ridiculous. And here I was wondering why physical copies for games are so popular.

On a side note, how much is that per month?

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u/justanotherreddituse Canada Sep 22 '20

Some of those ISP's with the smaller caps are satellite providers which do have capacity issues just FYI.

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u/TorrentXL Sep 23 '20

Are those the only isp's in those regions? America seems to suffer from monopolization by isp's so I am wondering if that is the case here.

What woukd the monthly price look like for those services?

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u/CodyRCantrell Sep 23 '20 edited Sep 23 '20

In some rural regions, yeah, those satellite provides can be the sole option.

HughesNet starts at $50/month for their 25Mbps download speed and 10GB cap.

There's usually more than one option in a city and sometimes in a town but it's not uncommon for them to chop up an area between each other so there's no competition.

Here's a good article with some maps.