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surprising prices in US

I thought that US experienced a fair andeffective competition across internet access vendors. It may be true in some large metropolitan areas, but it's surprizing to see how much US home users have to pay to get a basic offer.

Today in Europe, (espacially in UK and France), "triple-play" offers that include a free DSL modem-router, 8 to 18 MB/s connections, numeric TV and radios (20 to 50 channels in the basic set), unlimited nationwide free phone (now often with bundles that include free calls to mobile phonesduring the week-end, free antivirusfor mail, free antispam) are prived around 30 Euros per month (this price isnearly constant now, with performances and services constantly increased for the same price).

And, opposed to the US situation, most European countries have chosen to provide the largest servicesandequal pricing throughout their territory, by forcing competitors to get licences covering large regions, and not allowing a single provider to get a captive marketing their regional areas, but still requiring the competitors to cover their effective costs in their offers to end-users,independantly of their location.

By severely controling how the costs are effectively paid, European regulators have succeeded in creating a fair and very active competition where everybody wins, and where technical excellence and variety of services is possible with atrue choice for consumers.

There's a huge desire in Europe to avoid the "numeric fracture" of their territories, allowing developement even in rural areas with many alternative technical offers explored at the same time to bypass the technical limitations that could have created,locally, captive markets with limited service at expensive prices, and with unbalanced contracts.

Posted by: PhilippeV   Posted on: 12/13/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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