Actually Maniac, the costs are going up here in the U.S. The phone companies now control the Internet, for the most part. And they are asking for higher rates.
Then on the consumer side, they are asking to be able to raise rates on the Internet connections.
The network in the U.S. is not going to be updated anytime soon. It won't be long before the rest of the world is running much faster networks than will be available to consumers in the U.S.