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Was looking for the thread about net neutrality to post this.
Anybody here read this book yet? About the subsidized telecom cartel here in the States.
Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Bonus: 2009 estimated figures for broadband access.
[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD]Where?[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Monthly
cost[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Uplink
(Mbps)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Downlink
(Mbps)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Stockholm[/TD]
[TD]$11[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Seoul[/TD]
[TD]$24[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Hong Kong[/TD]
[TD]$35[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Tokyo[/TD]
[TD]$61[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Amsterdam[/TD]
[TD]$127[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Lafayette, LA, Municipal[/TD]
[TD]$58[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Lafayette, LA, Cox Cable[/TD]
[TD]$140[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]US, where available, Verizon[/TD]
[TD]$145[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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