[governance] FW: [Dewayne-Net] The internet is fucked

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

It is amazing how reality intrudes into the network neutrality fantasy land :)


On 5 March 2014 4:12:38 PM Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> 
wrote:

> In message <002e01cf37cf$4ef3eb40$ecdbc1c0$@gmail.com>, at 09:29:31 on Tue, 
> 4 Mar 2014, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> quoted:
>
> >In the UK, where incumbent provider BT is required to allow competitors to 
> use its wired broadband network, home internet service prices are as low as 
> £2.50 a month, or just over $4.
>
> Just to get our facts straight, these sorts of deals are available only if 
> you switch your telephone service to the same non-BT provider, and pay 
> around £15 per month local loop line rental (whether you wanted a voice 
> line or not). With typical voice call bundles added in, it's difficult to 
> get a complete package for under £30 per month ($50).
>
> And these prices are for people living in urban areas where there's lots of 
> broadband competition (the regulator decides if you live in such an area, 
> not the provider). Outside those areas add another typically $10 a month.
> --
> Roland Perry
>



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