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US Broadband ISPs Expect Price Cuts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-cheap-to-meter dept.

prostoalex writes "US broadband providers are trying to avoid the price wars, but the cost of DSL and cable hookups is still headed down with major promotions from players like Comcast and Yahoo/SBC. Currently there are 22 million US subscribers, 2 million of which subscribed during the past three months. It looks like the prices for broadband Internet are headed towards $20-30/month range, although most operators prefer to lock you into a yearly contract or provide special price for the first several months only."

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  1. Great!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    For us who live in Europe!

  2. Speakeasy gave free rate increases by zipwow · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got an email the other day saying that they're upgrading my upstream for free, permanently. Considering that I have a contract, that's an extremely nice gesture...

    -Zipwow

    --
    I don't know which is more depressing, that 2/3 didn't care enough to vote, or that 1/2 of those that did are crazy.
  3. Don't forget us.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    South Korea
    Area (sq km): 98,190
    Population: 48,289,037 (July 2003 est.)
    Internet Users: 25.6 million (2002)

    Your statistics is incomplete unless you have data for "the other half," my country. Here you go.

    North Korea
    Area: 120,540 (sq km)
    Population: 22,466,481 (July 2003 est.)
    Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
    Internet users: 3 (my guess)

    [source]

    some math

    ISP / Population: 1/22,466,481

    Not to mention, I am one of the three internet users in my country. The other two are hackers working for the government, cracking gentoo servers. My nation rock.

    Kim