Could you pay less for a home broadband experience if your needs are simple?
I think I have friends or readers who are pondering this but cannot find a good solution.
I have not changed my home broadband for at least 11 years. I signed up originally for a 2-year broadband plan that cost me $24 monthly roughly, and it comes with 500 Mbps with very basic Mio TV (remember that) and allows me to keep my phone line.
When my contract expired, occasionally, there would be telemarketers who would try to entice me to sign on for another 12 or 24 months by giving me some freebies. The freebies were pretty poor most of the time. When work and life became more busy, I didn’t do much about it, and sooner or later, the cost went up to $32 monthly, and now it is $38 monthly.
I am enjoying faster broadband speed today but to be honest, I didn’t notice much difference because my needs were pretty simple and the existing broadband speed was pretty simple.
I looked for more budget broadband solutions on a few occasions. The cheapest was Simba at $21 but that does not cover where I live. Simba’s plan is now available where I live but now the minimum subscription will cost $29 monthly. Another was M1’s 500Mbps plan at $30 monthly. M1 and Simba’s plan were viable options but it still feels that paying $30 monthly is wasteful given that I am single.
With 4G and 5G Cellular networks, the internet speed on our phones is so fast and abundant that we may not do everything on our computers and laptop but through our phones. In fact, some of my
