Broadband infrastructure is expensive to install and upgrade, so it's expected to last a very long time to break even for the installer. Often, broadband speeds

Broadband infrastructure is expensive to install and upgrade, so it's expected to last a very long time to break even for the installer. Often, broadband speeds are more indicative of how recently the local infrastructure was upgraded than anything else. > Honestly, even the lower-end prices are not great. In France you can easily get 2Gbps for $60 / month. Broadband is extremely dependent on geography and the city. In many places in the US (my city included) it's easy to get gigabit broadband for similar prices. I have friends in remote areas who would be happy to have even reliable 10Mbit at this point, but their properties are so isolated that it's prohibitively expensive for anyone to run infrastructure out to service their sparse neighborhoods.