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Tuesday 3 March 2009

The biggest problem with broadband service in America is not a lack of availability, it’s a lack of competition. Most users have only one or two options for service, and while prices have come down slightly, they are still relatively high for Americans who feel increasingly pinched. Pew’s study found an average monthly broadband bill of $34.50, down 4 percent from the previous year, but it also showed a gradual migration away from cable service, which tends to be faster and more expensive, to cheaper and slower DSL service. So the broad language could end up defining an “underserved” area as simply an area without enough competition to make service affordable. Glenn Derene

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