Comcast internet price gouging or AT&T Uverse price gouging? Which to go with?

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I'm moving to a new house, and I can FINALLY get satellite TV and dump Comcast's no-DVR coax 40 channels that never top 480p. However, this leaves me with an internet debacle. As I'm a current Comcast customer, they want to charge me $44.99 for a pathetic 10Mb/s. So I looked up AT&T in my area, which apparently only offers up to 12 Mb/s at $50/mo. Is this really an acceptable price for 10-12Mb/s? I'm currently paying $85-90 or so for the aforementioned 40 channels and 75Mb/s internet. I feel as if Comcast and AT&T are in bed together to ensure we pay these prices for stupid slow internet. Any advice? I would consider myself an average internet user. I do occasionally stream movies in 720p and browse Facebook on a few phones but that's about it, no gaming.

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They aren't necessarily colluding, but the lack of adequate competition between internet and TV providers means that there is no economic incentive to provide such service at a low price.

For one person, a 12 Mb/s connection is plenty. You'd be hard-pressed to flood it by yourself. Just make sure you thoroughly secure your wifi network to prevent someone from piggybacking on you.

PoohBearPenguin · Answer

AT&T has bought DirecTV.  If you're interested in satellite TV, you might as well talk to AT&T about any possible bundle deals in your area for DirecTV + Uverse (just for internet.)

DirecTV is about $45/mo for the first 2 years, and that includes HD channels and a HD DVR.

Pyaniy · Answer

U take it and shove it.

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Comcast internet price gouging or AT&T Uverse price gouging? Which to go with?

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