>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24528383
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>>"Home broadband in the US costs far more than elsewhere. At high speeds, it costs nearly three times as much as in the UK and France, and more than five times as much as in South Korea."
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>>Sounds, on the face of it, that you're being ripped off......
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>Yes I saw that article and was surprised.
>Though I didn't quite understand the second half of the article which seemed to be saying the US situation was better than the rest of the world.

You mean the bit under 'What the suppliers say' ? - they would say that wouldn't they.