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drnick5 t1_iupvok7 wrote

Reply to comment by Tortankum in Rhode Island leads all states in the most significant change in internet speeds since 2020 by FotoGrapher19

I'm confused by the whole statement. I never said "everyone needs fast upload" more so.. how is it a "complete waste of money"?

If you are get FIOS, you get the same speed upload or download. (100/100, 500/500, etc) You aren't paying more for faster upload. In some cases, you're paying less than what Cox charges

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Tortankum t1_iupx307 wrote

Your original comment clearly makes it seem like have having low upload speeds is a big deal, or that cox is being deceptive.

Its a waste of money in that, hypothetically, I would never pay extra for higher upload speeds.

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drnick5 t1_iupzk1n wrote

It's a big deal to me, yes. For the average person, it doesn't matter. Just because you think it's personally a "waste of money" for higher upload speeds for yourself doesn't mean that it is for everyone else. Even "hypothetically", as I don't believe any internet provider has plans that give you higher upload without also getting higher download. (with all cable companies, they give you 10% of your download as upload, but it caps at around 35mb. So 100/10, 200/20, 500/35, 1000/35).

I don't believe I ever said Cox is being deceptive, the issue is with docsis 3.1 itself. Since it goes over coax, it has a limit of about 50mb. (Cox keeps that at about 35 believe) if we had, Xfinity, spectrum, etc. Doesn't mattter, it's the same limit as they all use coax.

Overall I've been reasonably happy with Cox, but I'd love faster upload speeds which they can't provide. And as I said, if they decided to start price gouging, there is literally nothing I can do.

Just

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