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Wow, that's crazy, I get 1Gbit for 21,63$ in Spain

yeah we're a corrupt mess. gigabit is very spotty here. In markets with no competition it's usually $100-$150. In places where community broadband appears it mysteriously drops to around $70.

Oh shit, its sad to hear that, something that essential as Internet shouldn’t be this expensive, but here we got this low prices because there is a lot of competition.

meanwhile here in tech-centric Seattle ("Silicon Valley North!") I have an option of one ISP: expensive, capped Comcast service.

That is awesome! Is it a gig 𝙪𝙥 as well? Google fiber keeps advertising a 2 gig upgrade, but it's only download; the up stays at 1.

How did the cable companies manage to let that happen? Did somebody abduct all the lobbyists in the state?

Qwest (now Centurylink/Lumen) tried VERY hard to harass and lobby and sue the network out of existence, but ultimately failed because the public was so sick of their shit

Miracles happen, I guess

How can this be possible when so many industry funded academic white papers say the concept is prohibitively wasteful?

Municipal ISP is illegal in Minnesota. Supposed blue state. WTF?

It's not quite this cheap, but in Fort Collins, CO GB ethernet runs $70 which is about half what I pay in Phoenix for much slower, capped internet :-( And yes this is because FC has it's own fiber network.