One Step Closer to a Closed Internet

Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by rhblake on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:35AM (#14373266)

We've progressed a bit since the days of the state telephone monopoly, eh? My mom in Stockholm has symmetric 100 Mb/s included in her rent. ~$12/month extra for 1 Gb/s (both ways!). In France I currently pay ~$40/month for 1 Gb/s down, 200 Mb/s up; a bit expensive, but it's getting better. Competition is cool.

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Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by pbowyer on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:29AM (#14373411)

Here in the UK, the free market capital of Europe, things haven't progressed since the days of state ownership.

In areas of private fibre 200 Mb/s down is available; otherwise you're lucky to get 75 Mb/s down and 35 Mb/s up. For ~$40/month unless you want bandwidth limits or an overloaded provider.

UK speeds & pricing: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/packages

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Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by Qantourisc on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:57AM (#14373494)

You need to compare how much the technology to get this speed got cheaper VS how much the price has changed.

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