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Why Broadband Prices Haven't Decreased

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the someone-owns-boardwalk-and-parkplace dept.

pdragon04 writes "After a new technology is introduced to the market, there is usually a predictable decrease in price as it becomes more common. Laptops experienced precipitous price drops during the past decade. Digital cameras, personal computers, and computer chips all followed similar steep declines in price. Has the price of broadband Internet followed the same model? Shane Greenstein decided to look into it. "

3 of 336 comments (clear)

  1. darn by NEDHead · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a pertinent comment - but I can't afford the bandwidth surcharge

  2. Re:the study is bogus by MattGWU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interesting post, but the real take home here is "yarn museum", which I will be using as an example of pretty much everything from now on. Thanks!

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    "These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined" --Homer re:
  3. Re:Nope by saboola · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even more strange, now you can buy AOL for about 19 bucks, the whole company.