I just got 250Mbps service from Spectrum with a two year deal for $35 per month then the regular price will be $65. The neighborhood is on the roadmap for a new fiber provider so hopefully I can get a better deal when the special rate expires.
They can make money with cheaper service. I just had a fixed $35 200Mbps plan with Optimum in an area with overpriced competition from Fios. Verizon would send their minimum wage sales drones out to personally plead with me to sign up for $80. The new $50 subsidy is going to ruin cheap internet by setting an inflated price floor. I would gladly take 20 Mbps service for $20 per month but that is never going to happen.
Wow, that sounds pretty good. I'm a TWC legacy customer paying ~30/mo for 20Mbps, called Spectrum last month to ask about upgrade options (need upload speed to be .5Mbps faster for WFH) and they told me their cheapest option was 100Mbps which would be $80/mo after the first year.
AT&T was only slightly less after the apparently mandatory monthly equipment fee, despite the fact that I own my cable modem. Right now I'm looking into EarthLink at "only" $68/mo for 35Mbps. As far as I can tell, cheap internet has already been ruined.
They can make money with cheaper service. I just had a fixed $35 200Mbps plan with Optimum in an area with overpriced competition from Fios. Verizon would send their minimum wage sales drones out to personally plead with me to sign up for $80. The new $50 subsidy is going to ruin cheap internet by setting an inflated price floor. I would gladly take 20 Mbps service for $20 per month but that is never going to happen.