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price of broadband coming down?

sothsegger

sothsegger

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I've heard somewhere out there in the media jungle that the price of broadband is coming down. Can anyone venture a guess as to what the average monthly bill will be, and when?

Steve
 
For me

1998 - DSL - 39.99 a month - 256Kbps upload, 640Kbps download
2001 - Cable - 39.99 a month - 1.5Mbps download - 56kbps upload
2003 - Cable - 44.99 a month - 3.0 Mbps download - 256Kbps upload

It is coming down every so slightly.

My friend for example pays 50 bucks a month and gets a 4.0 mbit pipe with I think a 512 or 768Kbps upload.

 
cable has already said that their general strategy is to increase the speed but keeping price the same ($44.99 or so). ex: roadrunner is upping speeds to 5Mbps nationwide without charging more

while DSL strat is to lower price to steal defectors, ex: $34.95, $29.95, $26.95, and the lowest point is $21.95 which my friend finally jumped in on w/ 1yr contract

the question is when do the caps come and will the MPAA/RIAA kill BT?
 
It's coming down, it's just that the liberal media isn't reporting the price coming down, they only report the bad news, like when the price goes up. 😀
 
It appears they are pretty much capping peoples uploads anyways. Cable puts you on a shared medium so if you have a bunch of people spamming the upload stream it will make that collision domain crumble.

 
i just signed up w/ roadrunner: 1st month free, 29.95 for 12 mos. no contractual obligation.

what's more.... i called verizon to see if they'd counter offer:

they said i'd be upgraded to 3mbps (cable equiv), this month free to run along side cable so that i can see if cable is all the hype. verizon is normal 29.95 also. i tell you, you can really play these service providers off each other (phone, tv, internet).
 

DSL 1.5/768 for $50/month and static ip (yes I wanted the higher upstream and static for my servers).

A few local DSL isps are having 1.5/384 for $19.99/month, so the prices are coming down.
 
Only cable here and mine cost $45.95 a month. There is no DSL available. So either $45.95 a month or dial up.

The $45.95 a month is a discounted price. IF I did not have television cable, my cable bill would be well over $50 a month.
 
The prices don't go down, but the speeds go up. In the last couple of years the same $45 per month has gotten me:
2000/384
3000/384
3000/512
5000/512
But I have never been offered a tiered plan or one with a choice of slower speeds for a better price.
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's coming down, it's just that the liberal media isn't reporting the price coming down, they only report the bad news, like when the price goes up. 😀
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My hat is off to you for making this a "liberal media" issue!
 
Right now I pay $29.00 month for Cable 3.2M. The requirement is that I also pay for cable TV to get the High Speed Network connection. I have also seen adds for DSL for $29.00 Month. However, DSL is half that speed.
 
Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's coming down, it's just that the liberal media isn't reporting the price coming down, they only report the bad news, like when the price goes up. 😀
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My hat is off to you for making this a "liberal media" issue!
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Turn down the Astral Arkestra, and tap yer sarcasm meter.

 
Every single telco-issued broadband in my area has remained static unless you take on a forced bundling of worthless POTS services which only increase your total bill.
 
10 years ago, a T1 without internet service ran you $1500/month.

Today I am getting 3mps(about 2xT1) for $39/month over cable.
SBC is running ads for dsl starting at 20/month.

I would have to say broadband is getting cheaper.
 
eh, cable companies are not interested in lowering the bills that the average customer sees and they never do that. You will not see a decrease in your monthly bill.

I suspect they can make the customers' pipes a little bigger without costing themselves much of anything. It all relies on overselling their network (hopefully to people who barely use the service) and chopping off anybody who costs them too much money, i.e. heavy downloaders.

If the bigger pipe encourages a bunch of new BT users and *does* start costing them money, look for draconian download limits courtesy of your friendly neighborhood cable co.
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
eh, cable companies are not interested in lowering the bills that the average customer sees and they never do that. You will not see a decrease in your monthly bill.

I suspect they can make the customers' pipes a little bigger without costing themselves much of anything. It all relies on overselling their network (hopefully to people who barely use the service) and chopping off anybody who costs them too much money, i.e. heavy downloaders.

If the bigger pipe encourages a bunch of new BT users and *does* start costing them money, look for draconian download limits courtesy of your friendly neighborhood cable co.
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Telecom is on the verge of radical changes and growing competition.
Time warner is getting into land line service. I am tempted to drop sbc in favor of this service.
SBC is going to attempt to deliver on demand cable service over adsl2
Local company(grandecom) is providing all telecom services via their own fiber network.
Wireless could radically change the broadband playing field.
 
now that sprint and nextel are merging, we will have 3 redundant 3G wireless networks. if only they would pool together and build a single 4G network.

after fiber to the curb
they're gonna make that commercial about downloading the entire internet a reality
 
Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
now that sprint and nextel are merging, we will have 3 redundant 3G wireless networks. if only they would pool together and build a single 4G network.

after fiber to the curb
they're gonna make that commercial about downloading the entire internet a reality
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Fiber to the curb is a long way away. Getting fiber to the subdivision is the next step that most of us will enjoy.
 
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