2026 Cost of Being Online

Last week Becky at Online Goddess wrote about the cost of blogging. Then Olu from Olu Online followed up on the cost of being online. Aside from jokes about the costs to my psyche, the actual financial costs for being online in the fashion that I am are kept as low as possible, but not completely dirt cheap. All dollars are CAD. Cable InternetDue to being on disability benefits, I get access to a special government-sponsored plan with Rogers for 75 MB/s down, 50 up, at $28/month after tax. This is easily half what the plan costs retail. As a bonus, for whatever reason, I am actually getting more like 215 MB/s down 50 up and have been for years. I thought maybe that would disappear when I moved apartments (as in, somebody at the telecom would notice) but I guess not, or they don't care. This is more than enough for one person. Cellphone Data PlanSince all the telecoms in this country collude on pricing, and for the most part new indie companies just get bought by the incumbents, there…

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