I know I've pointed this out upon occasion, but with all the rate hikes and bit charges going on around the world these days, a bit (well, more than a bit) of reality has to eventually come into play.
Another good article on just how much internet costs, due to world-wide fiber reach and the increasing of speed on those networks.
http://dslprime.com/dslprime/42-d/4148-costs-and-caps
And a review of that original article:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2...ndwidth-113131
Folks generally don't know what the wholesale cost is for their 'local' provider to 'hook up', but it's a bare sliver of the total price one pays at the 'consumer' level, and it continues to drop off a cliff while the consumer prices get yanked up to provide the executives more yachts, mansions, you name it.
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