Due to the Pandemic causing Subscribers to be at home, there is not enough wireless capacity in Rural Wireless Internet Systems to handle people moving off of Fiber and Cable at Work and School. In addition, with everybody increasingly relying on streaming video services and disconnecting their Satellite TV and going to Streaming Video on the Internet, the bad situation is made worse as bandwidth usage has more than tripled . Because of this and the need to now send Video from homes for School and Work, our base plan has changed to 10 mbps up by 10 mbps down for $100.
This will be improved when people can go back to work and when the new rules are published by the FCC to enable faster speeds. The legislation has been passed but the new rules and procedures are not published yet.
Because of Covid network related usage, particularly increased network streaming for entertainment, telecommuting, business networking and 2 way video schooling, overages must be assessed on accounts using an inordinate amount of data. Most households use less than 300GB of data in a month so more than 90% of Telemetrics customers will not be affected and will not be charged overages. Overage charges will be charged depending on the plan customers select. Customers on the Legacy 12x6 plan are moved to the 10x10 plan and customers on the 10x5 plan are moved to the 8x8 plan and their bill is reduced or they are offered to move to another plan such as the 10x10 for $1 more per month.
Starting the 1st of January 2021:
8 Mbps down x 8 Mbps up, 400GB Limit,$80 per month
10 Mbps down x 10 Mbps up, 500GB Limit, $100 per month
12 Mbps down x 12 Mbps up, 600GB Limit, $120 per month
14 Mbps down x 14 Mbps up, 700GB Limit, $140 per month
16 Mbps down x 16 Mbps up, 800GB Limit, $160 per month
18 Mbps down x 18 Mbps up, 900GB Limit, $180 per month
20 Mbps down x 20 Mbps up, 1000GB (1TB) Limit, $200 per month
Fast Bandwidth Shaping Service $10 per month additional to all rate plans.
Static IP Service $10 per month
VOIP Telephone Service $20 per month