>>>>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.
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>>The second part of the article was, I think, a response from the lobbyist for the cable companies <s>
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>>I don't really have much point of comparison but I know the bundling (I have AT&T uverse) makes for a pretty expensive package. I pay $250 a month or so for broadband, about a 1000 ttv channels including all premium 5 set top boxes, a DVR, and a VOIP phone line. Cell service (also AT&T) is about $80 a month for pretty much unlimited voice and 3gb data (which is more than I need as I am almost always on wireless)
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>You've got so much bundled that it's hard to compare. This might give you an idea of current UK prices: http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/compare/adsl_broadband/
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>Figure about $25/month tops for simple ADSL connection with unlimited downloads at up to 16Mb......

That's not far out of line with what I pay for Optimum from Cablevision.
I get pretty fast broadband, basic cable (about 25 channels) with one box and voice for about $125 including tax.
Broadband alone is about $30, I think.
The typical US household pays a lot more for TV, as Charles points out.
I hope they keep it up, since they subsidize broadband which runs over the TV cables and would be a lot more expensive without all those TV $ to support it.