The Internet has come a long way since it first became available to anyone who could hook up to it. Though my memory is a bit foggy, I seem to remember that it might have been charged by the minute at one time, but I also might be imagining things. I know that some services had a price per month as long as you didn’t go over a certain amount of time, but those days are long behind us. The slow Internet that many use to know is almost gone because there are some many different broadband providers out there, and the prices just keep getting better and better.

Most communities now have at least one of the broadband providers in their area, but there are still some that don’t have any service at all. Some of those areas are surprising. Most broadband providers are trying to get into as many areas as they can, but there are some places are too hard to reach or they claim it would cost them too much money to go into those communities. They will get there eventually, but for now, those who live there have to suffer with dial up services for their home Internet.

If you are lucky enough to live in an area that has many broadband providers from which to choose, you are in a good spot. You have the opportunity to go with the company that treats you the best, and with the company that offers the lowest priced service. Broadband tends to be quite pricey in most places, but where this is competition the price does come down. The competition does not have to be between broadband providers either, as it has become a war for phone service as well. At least that is the case in my area.

The company I use for Internet is one of the largest broadband providers in the country, and they also have digital phone that runs through the cable lines. The phone company around here is another large one, and they are trying to keep their customers by offering lower cost DSL Internet service. I had them for a while, but the DSL can not compare to the cable no matter what they try to say. I have the digital package through my cable company and I could not be happier with my service. The competition between broadband providers and the traditional phone company can only make things cheaper for the consumer, and that is what will push the price trends in the future.