There's plenty of pie to go around but the broadband Internet providers
are greedy--and they're lying so they can gouge their customers. Mostly
they're afraid of becoming irrelevant, or obsolete when a new upstart
gives us better deals at half the price.
In Europe and Asia the speeds keep getting faster as prices get lower.
Neuf [in France] offers DSL + telephone + TV for 29.90 Euros per month.
In our crashed dollars that's around $45, but where it's offered, it's
equivalent to $30/mo here. At either price it's better than the pathetic
triple-play deals for $100/mo here--overpriced by more than 50%!
Offer from Neuf includes a free wireless modem, unlimited 20Mbps
broadband, unlimited worldwide calling to EU, Canada, US, Australia,
Japan, Korea, China, Chile, Argentina,
http://offres.neuf.fr/adsl/adsl/adsl-telephone.html, and 75 HD plus 150
standard def TV channels. For the same €29.90/mo you could get
fiber-optic broadband at 50Mbps along with phone and TV. Mobile phone
service starts around €15/mo. Many also include inexpensive WiFi cell
phones in their choices.
More similar offers in other countries. 26Mbps broadband is €25.90 in
Germany, or €30 including phone through KabelDeutschland, etc.
Why is the United States _so_far_behind_ in speeds, choices, prices???
Time Warner is now regressing to metered service in Texas, just like the
old-time metered dialup. American consumers don't know enough to demand
better/more/cheaper service? Or there's just not enough competition,
instead of anti-competition.
Verizon service here is pretty good, but very expensive, except in
comparison to local cable. Eric? Why so much for so little?
Betty
"Eric S. Sande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escrubió:
If everyone started downloading 4 GB movies, could the current
internet handle the capacity? If not, is this something we really want or
need?
That is why it is estimated that 1/3 of the Internet's bandwidth is used
for such uses.
But not by 1/3 of the users.
Which isn't necessarily bad, but I happen to think that you should get
what you pay for, not what others pay for.
Should I get your pie because you are not eating it at the moment?
If I can't have your uneaten pie, won't a lot of pie go to waste?
Or should I pay you directly for your pie, with a commission to the
baker...
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