[AusNOG] Sigh internet pricing in the USA

[Petri Ojala]

Just in comparison, here in Finland a typical 1000/100 costs from 40 to 80 EUR/month, from 57 to 115 AUD/month.  Right now the cheapest carrier would be Telia and their pricing for 1000/100 is the same price as their 200/100 offering.   In our current home there was no fiber options available, just 100/10 VDSL, so I went for cable-TV internet.   1000/100 for 72 AUD/month.   I was a bit skeptic initially as I hadn't used HFC for a long time but it does deliver the gigabit performance.

But people usually just go for 100/10(0) as it's a lot cheaper.

Petri

> On 25 Apr 2017, at 23.45, Bill Walker <bill at wjw.nz> wrote:
> 
> 2degrees is a bit more expensive:
> 
> 2degrees’ Ultra-fast Fibre Unlimited data, (up to 1Gbps/500Mbps), is priced at $139.95 a month.
> 
> 
> On 2017-04-26 07:40, Jonathan Brewer wrote:
>> On 25 April 2017 at 20:24, Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:
>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/verizons-70-gigabit-internet-is-half-the-price-of-older-750mbps-tier/
>>> [1]
>>> I feel rather sad
>> Equivalent NZ product is Spark's Ultra Fast Fibre MAX
>> https://store.spark.co.nz/forms/page/ultrafastfibremax-offersummary/
>> It's $97 USD per month on a one-year contract including the router, so
>> getting close to Verizon's $70/month + $10/month for a router.
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1]
>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/verizons-70-gigabit-internet-is-half-the-price-of-older-750mbps-tier/
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