Comments on: The Golden Goose of Broadband http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/25/the-golden-goose-of-broadband/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marc Evans (Yes, really...) http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/25/the-golden-goose-of-broadband/#comment-2593 Marc Evans (Yes, really...) Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:49:24 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2058#comment-2593 That's interesting to read... in the UK the national phone infrastructure was, and mostly still is, wholly owned by British Telecom (the national telecom provider) but a few years ago legislation was brought in to require them to open up their exchanges to competing companies. That process artificially created competition which for the consumer has had a pretty good result - we've seen a steady increase in speed and decrease in price over the last 5 years or so (I have 8mb all-you-can-eat ADSL for about 25UKP/month and basic services are 1/2 that). It's not all sunshine though - A number of ISP's have merged or gone out of business because their pricing structures didn't allow them to make any money! That seems to have been a phase, but getting service through one of the competing ISP's can still be a fairly painful business if something goes wrong and the various companies involved start pointing fingers at each other... That’s interesting to read… in the UK the national phone infrastructure was, and mostly still is, wholly owned by British Telecom (the national telecom provider) but a few years ago legislation was brought in to require them to open up their exchanges to competing companies.

That process artificially created competition which for the consumer has had a pretty good result - we’ve seen a steady increase in speed and decrease in price over the last 5 years or so (I have 8mb all-you-can-eat ADSL for about 25UKP/month and basic services are 1/2 that).

It’s not all sunshine though - A number of ISP’s have merged or gone out of business because their pricing structures didn’t allow them to make any money! That seems to have been a phase, but getting service through one of the competing ISP’s can still be a fairly painful business if something goes wrong and the various companies involved start pointing fingers at each other…

]]> By: Eric http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/25/the-golden-goose-of-broadband/#comment-2515 Eric Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:03:15 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2058#comment-2515 Right now telcos and cable companies are charging what they feel the consumer is prepared to pay. As the Internet's place in our day to day lives increasses so will its price. I, like your self would love to see some competition in Canada, but I don't really see it happening. Right now the best pipes belong to cable companies and they are far away from letting others use the network for re-sale. Right now telcos and cable companies are charging what they feel the consumer is prepared to pay. As the Internet’s place in our day to day lives increasses so will its price. I, like your self would love to see some competition in Canada, but I don’t really see it happening. Right now the best pipes belong to cable companies and they are far away from letting others use the network for re-sale.

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