DISQUS

Han Tu13 · 7 months ago

It's probably a reflection of the idea that despite what they say, most people only care about one factor when they purchase certain things- cost. Especially for commoditized products and services like residential DSL.
Benson Schliesser · 7 months ago

I suspect you are correct... We get what we pay for. And the market prices for residential Internet are anchored too low. This is evidenced by the "network neutrality" debate and various plans to enforce limits and/or metering of bandwidth usage. We aren't paying enough money to support the network that we want.

This is why I buy "business" Internet services for my home. I get the service that I expect, no metered bandwidth limits, and no acceptable-use restrictions on running web and email servers. (FYI, The above blog post is referring to DSL at my wife's family's vacation home.)