• Broadband

    Pay-By-The-Byte Ressurected?

    If a “pay-by-the-byte” pricing scheme is necessary for the economic survival of US ISPs, then how on earth are the ISP’s in Asia and elsewhere making it? Here are some current prices from Asia: Japan: 100 mb/s symmetrical FTTH – $51/ month US 47 mb/s down, 5 mb/s up ADSL – $6.00 / month https://asahi-net.jp/en/ Korea: 100 mb/s symmetrical FTTH – $36.63 / month 50 mb/s symmetrical FTTH – $30.22 / month 10 mb/s symmetrical FTTH – $27.40 / month http://www.megapass.net/service/megapass/IN_PImegftth02W.php Then Hong Kong Broadband Network offers FTTH with symmetrical speeds ranging from 10 MB/s all the way to 1…