http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r2819765 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:04:53 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:04:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,2819765 smiley4me : I fall off my seat laughing when I see the prices for broadband in the US. I guess the price in the US reflects how much people can afford to spend in personal disposable income. Statisticly Alberta has the cheapest bandwidth in North America.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,2819765 Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:14:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,2818950 alex4life : The big difference is the price. Most Canadians pay either $40 CDN a month, or $35 CDN a month. Change that to US dollars, and it's equivalent to somewhere around $22 to $26 American. That's why broadband is getting better penetration in Canada. It also proves that companies CAN afford to sell broadband at cheaper prices in the US. If they ever give you crap like "we need to charge this much to break even", just ask them how Canadian broadband companies manage to survive. Remember, the prices I stated above are for cable AND DSL. It's funny, in the states DSL is on average more expensive than cable, but in Canada, at least where I live, it's the opposite. If I could get Telus Velocity DSL where I live, I'd be paying $5 less a month than I pay now for Cable. Oh, but one thing to mention: some companies (like my provider, and Telus) have monthly upload and download limits. That might be why they're cheaper. Still, this doesn't account for Shaw cable, which charges $40 a month Canadian for unlimited bandwidth. Anyways, for about $25 American, I can complain about my cable connection, that peaks at just about 5 megabits per second and is consistently at 2 MBits/s during peak hours.
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