I notice that in the UK Bulldog Broadband offers 8Mb/s DSL for 20
> pounds per month, for the life of your contract, and is starting to
> deploy 20Mb/s ADSL+2 service (no price quoted).
> Here in the States, Verizon offers a max 3Mb/s service for $30 per
> month (after $20 per month for the first three months). And if you're
> lucky and you're in one of the areas where they're deploying FIOS, you
> can get 5Mb/s for $36 per month (which seems to be a drop from the
> $40/mo I remember seeing the last time I looked).
> Could it be the competition created by the US government's rulings to
> give incumbent phone providers exclusive access to their networks?
> For comparison purposes it's useful to note that while it's expensive
> for US dollars to buy UK products, the salaries and prices in UK
> currency for a UK citizen are roughly equivalent to US salaries and
> prices in US currency for US citizens.
With Cox I pay $39.95 for 5Mb/2Mb - for an extra $10.00 I can get
15Mb/2Mb but to be quite honest, 5Mb/2Mb is plenty fast enough for me right now.Now, if you want to talk deep discount, lets talk about the deal that Cox gives the State of Rhode Island. Like a 2Mb symmetrical over coax for $400 a month. Not too shabby - we use two as point-to-points and then we pay $1,200 a month for a 10Mb fiber connection.