Why is broadband so expensive in the US

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...I've just sat down in a bar and am going just do it in person with my Spanish waiter lol.

:shock: Do what?

 

[Fantail]

I just want to say, my RR service has gone up from about 35$ to 40$ now 55$ in a year & half. New fees you see. Speed is the same. It is now only about 10$ less then FiOS. Can't justify that, put another way the home service doesn't get used all that much either. I spend allot of free time at camp or on the property off the grid.
I think these arrogant isp providers are looking at service like it is some kind of utility people depend upon and get away with charging what they can get away with.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...I think these arrogant isp providers are looking at service like it is some kind of utility people depend upon and get away with charging what they can get away with.

I thought it was some kind of utility people depend upon.

 

[z3r010]

...I've just sat down in a bar and am going just do it in person with my Spanish waiter lol.

:shock: Do what?

FFS get your mind out of the gutter and read the full quote!!!!

 

[crankypenguin]

When I lived in NYC for most of my life, recent decade it was about 45.99 per month for 10down/1up from time warner. Here in Eastern Europe for 45.99 a month USD I could have 100mbs down 50 up. Go figure.

 

[madcratebuilder]

When I lived in NYC for most of my life, recent decade it was about 45.99 per month for 10down/1up from time warner. Here in Eastern Europe for 45.99 a month USD I could have 100mbs down 50 up. Go figure.

Hi cranky

I'm getting about 75/12 here in Oregon from comcast.net, it's been around $45 and now up to $55 a month for unlimited bandwidth. They sent me a cable box for the tv a few months ago to have free basic cable, like I'll drop Direct for that...not. I get my monies worth I guess, the connection feeds 6 computers, 2 are constantly sending and recieving, hub for two cell phones, streaming video for netflix, sat box and one smart tv. I have 10 or more wifi's going at one time without any problems, pretty amazing to me, I grew up with dial phones and rabbit ears. I'm amazed at the tv I get from a tiny usb devise on the pc for free.