(fictional) what router would you suggest to a low middle income person looking for a router that just got out of college in Vermont? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the non existent person has 4 key things

he has 50k
he is in sort of a sony ecosystem (ps5,sonytv, PlayStation vue,sony phone,sony camera and a sony radio)
the max for the internet he will pay for is $325
he lives on the second story of a 3 story apartment building

me: ofc calyx institute unlimited data thing or mabye at&t fiber internet

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Sorry, totally off-topic, I know, but… you’re willing to pay what for internet?

I live in Germany. We‘re famous for having horrible high speed availability. But where it’s available, we can get 1 Gbit/s for the equivalent of 50 USD.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The US had the world's best internet in the 1990's and by god we still have it. Gigabit internet is not available in a lot of places. And the internet which is available is usually slow, expensive and has shit service. Until late last year, I was paying $80/month for 25mbps download speeds. I'm now on a 5G based service for $25/month, but the service can get spotty some days. I'd kill for gigabit service at $50/month.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

$325?!

Fucking what? For that you could get 10G fiber, but WWHHYYY?

I have a literal server rack in my laundry room running proxmox hypervisor and multiple self-hosted services, and even at that I only have 1G service and feel like I’m getting anally raped paying $110/mo for that.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

And what new college grad has $50k to drop on a router, of all things?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

You are being ripped off, 10g sonic is like $60.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Starlink and an LTE connection has me around this price point.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

There are better ones out there, but this is a solid option.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

What you might be referring to is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and less likely a router. They kind of work together but are different.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I would suggest the entirely fictional Mega Internet Zapprr 3004.

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