AMERICAblog News: Broadband Prices Falling Everywhere but the U.S.

From Chris in Paris at Americablog:

Whatever happened to Democrats that fight for the middle class? We must be fools to support a party that supports this garbage.

A new study suggests that the United States could do better when it comes to home ISP prices. The Technology Policy Institute’s latest survey of the global high speed Internet market finds that US residential broadband subscription rates have “remained fairly stable” over the last three years, rising by just two percent.

That’s good, of course, since they didn’t go way up. But residential broadband prices have fallen in most other countries, the paper notes—in some instances by as much as 40 percent.

The survey also found that prices in the United States for “triple play” plans are some of the most expensive among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member nations.

As a reminder, we pay €35/month for a 100MB fiber optic connection that also includes unlimited phone calls around the world plus TV channels. Even with the lousy exchange rate (which makes makes many countries look closer to the US) it’s a deal. What a scam.

via AMERICAblog News.