Population density - they're 8x less dense than us, so infrastructure is
more expensive.
And then there's competition, marketing, regulation, ...
On Sat, 1 May 2021 at 15:32, Brian Gray via olympus <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI Chris said: "Since Earthlink no longer has a viable dialup service
> here, I'm looking into other "bottom feeder" options. Using my cell phone
> tethered to a laptop, I'm using about 500M/week, which is pretty cheap. I
> can knock down the Earthlink account to "premium email" for $8.95/mo, which
> saves me $20/mo. Ending the landline phone will save $75/mo. Cell phone
> prepaid data is $10/G, so I can easily afford 1G/week and still save $$
> overall. I'm going to test this option for a week or two before making the
> change."
>
> Why is the telephone system so expensive in the States? In the UK, I get
> unlimited broadband data and unlimited internal UK telephone 24/7 calls for
> under £35 per month. And the broadband download rate is over 50Mbs in a
> village of 5,000 people.
> Brian
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