Broadband prices too high?

[KJC 1]

Since I just visited the UK, I forgot how much faster and cheaper the internet is there. In Scotland, my parent's 20mb connection is costing them around the same amount of money it's costing me in North East Ohio despite the fact that their's is exactly 10 times faster. Making the value for money exactly 10 times worse off.

I'm not happy about it but it looks like the competition isn't much better!

[Lansbury 19]

Yep internet is more expensive here, but cars are more expensive in the UK and plane tickets have high travel tax on them. Should we equal everything out?

[Harsh_77 716]

I dont think you can compare them, the speed I was getting in Scotland was lot slow compared to Dallas.

I had a fiber coming all the way to my house in Dallas and speed was awesome.

So I don't think you can compare it with UK given the vast geographical region in US.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

The technology is there in the states, but we also have a much larger land mass to cover to get everyone wired in..... We'll get there, but just don't expect it for another few years...

As far as pricing goes? As long as there's a monopoly in that industry, prices will remain consistent..

[trillium13 84]

I think it depends on where in the US you live. Before I moved to (the backwards part of) Texas, I had pretty good speed, and for a reasonable price. There were choices and therefore competitive prices. Here the choices are extremely limited, especially in more rural areas. If there is only one company offering service they can pretty much charge you whatever they feel like. For crappy service.

[justashooter 430]

scotland is like the size of, what, rhode island?

[Krawler1 0]

I've always gotten much better service in the hotel I visit than in Wales with a 1mb line.

[Alex :) 0]

scotland is like the size of, what, rhode island?

closer to the size of South Carolina.

we got a decent enough deal for our internet here in TX, not alot to choose from in the boonies, but its not terrible.