http://gigaom.com/2005/06/27/cable-cos-win-brand-x/ The Business of Technology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2005/06/27/cable-cos-win-brand-x/#comment-17672 Esme Vos Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:29:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/27/cable-cos-win-brand-x/#comment-17672 I am glad I live in Europe. Our broadband prices are going down, down, down and the bandwidth is going up, up, up. Why? Because the EU has forced the member states to (1) deregulate their telecoms markets and (2) require the incumbent operators to open their networks to ISPs. In Sweden, where municipalities and regions have also been investing heavily in fiber networks which are leased out to ISPs on an open, non-discriminatory basis, Swedes are paying about 20 EUR per month for 10 Mbps. We are getting to those price levels and bandwidth here in the Benelux. Whoo hoo! I am glad I live in Europe. Our broadband prices are going down, down, down and the bandwidth is going up, up, up. Why? Because the EU has forced the member states to (1) deregulate their telecoms markets and (2) require the incumbent operators to open their networks to ISPs. In Sweden, where municipalities and regions have also been investing heavily in fiber networks which are leased out to ISPs on an open, non-discriminatory basis, Swedes are paying about 20 EUR per month for 10 Mbps. We are getting to those price levels and bandwidth here in the Benelux. Whoo hoo!

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