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This is just not true. The internet example for starters is incorrect. See AWS for some idea on real costings. It's just most internet plans are a all you can
by aaron695 11y ago
This is just not true.
The internet example for starters is incorrect. See AWS for some idea on real costings. It's just most internet plans are a all you can eat style system.
The real answer is subsidies and trade agreements.
PS The penny post would be around one pound in today's figures, more than current letters costs.
- emilyfm 11y agoOne penny in 1840 would be around 20p today (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/). First class post in the UK is 62p, so in real terms around 3 times as expensive as in 1840. (and the service in the 1840's had multiple collections and deliveries per day).