<div dir="ltr">Thought this was an interesting price and speed comparison with other countries. This came from Huffington Post's Tech Page<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,Century,Times,serif">
Pricing tiers in the U.S. seem to support Reardon's argument. Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57589353-93/is-cable-holding-back-superfast-broadband-adoption-on-purpose/" target="_hplink" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,136,195);outline:0px;text-decoration:none">claims it's capable</a> of providing 3Gbps broadband -- but its fastest service currently on the market is $320 a month for 305Mbps. Verizon, meanwhile, has just announced its <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/07/new-fios-top-speed-is-half-that-of-google-fiber-and-4x-the-price/" target="_hplink" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,136,195);outline:0px;text-decoration:none">fastest FiOS ever</a>, 500Mbps for $310 a month.</p>
<p style="list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,Century,Times,serif"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/susan-crawford-internet_n_2670127.html" target="_hplink" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,136,195);outline:0px;text-decoration:none">Compare that to Hong Kong</a>, where consumers can get 500Mbps for $25 a month, or Seoul, where the same speed is priced at $30 a month. Only Google Fiber's broadband plan seems competitive with those of other tech-savvy nations: It offers 1Gbps for $70 a month, which is only outpaced by <a href="http://fareastgizmos.com/computing/sony-launches-worlds-fastest-internet-connection-for-home-use-in-japan.php" target="_hplink" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,136,195);outline:0px;text-decoration:none">Japan's proposed Nuro network</a> with speeds of up to 2Gbps for $51 a month.</p>
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Here is the article: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/us-internet-speed_n_3645927.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/us-internet-speed_n_3645927.html</a></p><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,Century,Times,serif">
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