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Re:Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battli... by jeremyjh on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:53AM (#21006032)
How much of your taxes is being used to subsidize that rate?
Re:Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battli... by konstmonst on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:10AM (#21006202)
None. Those are private companies that do this. It's the same in Germany. I have a 7 euros/month unlimited calls cell plan but only 500 mb data, which is enough for me. I pay around 25 Euros month for Internet at home. It's fast enough for Steam/Streaming, I don't even know the speed because I stopped caring a while ago.
Re:Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battli... by anovikov on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:16AM (#21006269)
In Russia, 1gbps may be from $3 to $10 per month depending on the place, and it works as such at least throughout Russia maybe falling to 200-300mbps to far off places like the U.S.

In Lithuania, i paid 15 EUR a month for 500/500 and it worked perfectly too.

U.S. prices are super high - mostly a consequence of most people living in detached houses - long distances and high complexity of wiring. In Russia and Lithuania, most live in Soviet-style apartment blocks - high user density.

Re:Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battli... by DrJaws on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:45AM (#21006563)
Nothing, those are private companies without subsidies