SJOBERG'S CABLE TV

The companies internet has usually been sub-par since the beginning for the price you spend, plus to get just internet they make you get "basic cable" which they have jacked the price up on a couple times already, so to get my 5Mb download (with .5Mb up) speed internet in town about 20 blocks from Sjoberg cable I pay just under $70.00 a month. I know of people down in the twin cities that get 20Mb Up/Down for $40.00 a month. Sadly they are the only cable company in the area holding a monopoly so it seems they can charge whatever they want. I have been with the internet company for over 5 years and if there was another company in the area I would definitely switch, but since there isn't, in order to get cable internet I have to stay with them. I am hoping one day they do get better, but for now I haven't been too happy. I have tried two different modems over the years and plenty of routers but none have seemed to help. I have lived in three different places (2 apartments and my current home) and the internet has always been bad. And what I mean by bad is I never get the 5Mb is says, and more often then not the internet speed drops to below 1Mb, yesterday through today my download was at 0.01Mb and upload at .31Mb.. My upload is faster than my download, but both still aren't very good for the price, especially when I live in a home that was built in 2007, so I know the wiring is up to date.