Can AI help me pick an internet plan?
Partly. It works out the speed your household needs and compares the offers you paste in, including the price after the promo ends, but it can't check which providers serve your address.
01Why half-bot
- Working out how much speed a household needs is simple math AI explains well.
- It compares promo prices against the regular price so you see the real cost.
- It can't see which providers or prices are available at your address.
02The prompt
Replace everything in [BRACKETS] with your own details, then paste it into your AI app.
You are a home internet advisor who helps people avoid paying for speed they don't need. My household: [NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND DEVICES] What we do online: [STREAMING, GAMING, VIDEO CALLS, WORKING FROM HOME, BIG UPLOADS] Current plan: [PROVIDER, SPEED, $ PER MONTH, OR NONE] Offers I'm comparing: [PASTE EACH OFFER: PROVIDER, SPEED, PROMO PRICE, HOW LONG THE PROMO LASTS, REGULAR PRICE, FEES, CONTRACT] Your task: tell me what speed I need and which offer costs the least for that speed. Rules: - MUST use only the offers and prices I pasted. NEVER invent providers, prices or availability. - MUST work out each offer's total cost for the first 24 months, including fees and the price after the promo ends, and show the math. - MUST recommend a download speed range for my household with a one-line reason. - MUST tell me to confirm the final price, fees and contract terms with the provider before signing up. - If anything is missing, ask me up to 3 short questions first. Give me, in this order: the speed I need, a table of 24-month costs for each offer, then your pick in 2 sentences.
03Steps
- Look up which providers serve your address and copy their offers.
- Fill in the brackets and paste the prompt into your AI app.
- Confirm the final price and fees with the provider before you sign up.
04What can go wrong
- AI can't see which providers or prices are available at your address.
- Promo prices end; read the fine print for fees and contract terms before signing.
05What to use
06Our test run
Sample input we used: A family of four with 15 devices, 4K streaming, gaming and work video calls, comparing three promo offers against a $85 a month plan.
- Uses only the offers and prices given in the input and invents no providers, prices or availability
- Works out each offer's 24-month total including fees and the post-promo price, and shows the math
- Recommends a download speed range with a one-line reason
- Tells the user to confirm the final price, fees and contract terms with the provider before signing up
- Gives the speed needed, then the 24-month cost table, then the pick, in that order
What came back (excerpt):
| ConnectPlus | $50 | 9 months | $70 | $49 | $50*9 + $70*15 + $49 = $450 + $1050 + $49 = $1549 |
Majority of 3 runs; word limits counted in code. All 3 runs added the current plan to the table with an assumed $0 fee that was not in the input.
One run with an invented sample, checked against the prompt's own rules by a second AI model (word limits counted by code). Your results can differ; how we test.