[quote=FlyerInHi]livinincali, the US is one now one of the markets where consumers pay the highest price for internet service. I think that Canada is the most expensive.
Same goes for cell phone service.
Providers charge more because they can. I don’t think your infrastructure argument flies when compared to other countries.
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And how does that change the fact that there are a limited number of internet providers? To compete in providing broadband internet services you have to spend a lot of money. The cable companies are going to get their pound of flesh no matter what. No country’s internet infrastructure is designed to have everybody streaming 10+Mb/s. If you watch 40 hours of TV per month that’s 120GB of streaming data at HD quality. Right now most people use a couple GBs per month. You talking about a factor of 50-100x increase in internet usage.
