Comments on: US Broadband is Expensive

By: Joel Haasnoot

Joel Haasnoot — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:19:27 +0000

Here in the Netherlands, we have ADSL, which is combined in a monthly plan with our phone service, and is quasi-VoIP (there is a landline somewhere in the system, but how it exactly works I don’t know…). We pay 35 euros / about US$50 and get a 1.5Mbit download, 256kbit up and free phonecalls in weekends and after 6pm. That’s pretty reasonable.
I don’t have a mobile internet soluction, but our ISP would charge 80 euros a month (US$110) for 1.8Mbit down, 384 Kbit up, with a datalimit of 2GB, but a ‘fair-use policy’ for overage.
I’d say you’re internet was pretty cheap!

By: Susabelle

Susabelle — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:10:06 +0000

We are paying 29.95 a month for ATT pro-class DSL. This is 6 mb up by advertisement, but generally about 3.5 or 4 in reality. In addition I have free access to any ATT wireless hot spot anywhere in the country with my laptop. This is sufficient to run our home network of seven computers. I know, we’re getting an amazing deal. Normally this service would be about $60 a month, but we bundle with our phone service and this gets us a better deal on DSL. We have good speed here but live very near a big metropolitan area, which makes a difference.

By: Bill Hutchison

Bill Hutchison — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:57:59 +0000

Here in Australia I look on in envy of what you have access to in the US.

I pay $50.00 per month for a 1.5Mbit up / 256k down ADSL connection. That wouldn’t be too bad (maybe), but I also have a 5 GB monthly limit.

It is rare that you can find an unlimited connection here in Australia, and if you do you will be paying a minimum of $150.00 for it.