This article is very interesting. It breaks down the cost of internet in the most expensive place in the world, Africa. The cost of running a HUGE cable down it's coast, the cost of maintaining it, and it even bakes in a 200% profit margin. It shows a WORST CASE scenario of $50 for a 10 mbit connection per month. That's about what I pay for a 15 mbit connection in Chicago Metropolitan area. Pretty sad. Even assuming they forget certain expenses involved (They did include $300 million a year to maintain eg: Poor customer service, maintenance, and only a 10 year lifespan due to evolving technology), it's still an eye opener. Oh, did I forget to mention those people in Africa are streaming 3 HD movies silultaneously for 6 hours a day, using 21 GB a day as an example of the worst case scenario. Here in the states I'd hit my cap of 250 GB a month pretty quickly, or the new 300 GB cap they may soon be implementing. Again, it's all seen as a worst case scenario over in Africa and it's still costing about 8.3 cents per GB at 21 GB a day. We are getting ripped off.
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2011/04/07/what-does-a-gigabyte-of-internet-service-really-cost-a-loo...
