Tiny Vermont demonstrates that the Internet access most telephone
and cable companies are selling us is way overpriced for way too
little speed.
Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to
Vermont (by Shalini Ramachandran for WSJ 26 April 2013)
Heads up Google GOOG +1.94% Fiber: A rural Vermont telephone
company might just have your $70 gigabit Internet offer beat.
Vermont Telephone Co. (VTel), whose footprint covers 17,500
homes in the Green Mountain State, has begun to offer gigabit
Internet speeds for $35 a month, using a brand new fiber network.
So far about 600 Vermont homes have subscribed.
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