[ NNSquad ] "My brother's internet is cheaper than mine -- and yours"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

My brother's internet is cheaper than mine -- and yours

http://j.mp/1gLlmL6  (USA Today)

   "That is, if he stays with his current fiber provider. But that's
    not a given, since 11 providers offer 100/10 connections to Hkan's
    apartment. They range in price from $36 to $65 a month. For a cool
    $70 a month, he could even upgrade to a full gigabit connection.
    You know, like Google (GOOG ) Fiber ... So what's his magic
    bullet, then?  You see, my brother stayed in Sweden while I went
    to Florida. In the old country, there's a political will to
    encourage competition.  Municipal fiber networks got tax breaks
    and subsidies early on. It's through one of those municipal fiber
    networks that my brother enjoys about a dozen service provider
    choices, all leasing access on the same infrastructure."

 - - -

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein 
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
_______________________________________________
nnsquad mailing list
http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad