&gt; $70 for 1gbps rather beats that by a drastic margin.<p>You need to factor in the marginal utility of added bandwidth. Few people can meaningfully utilise 20-50mbps (a full HD stream is &lt;10mbps), much less 1gbps, so you&#x27;re looking at paying $20-30 for, essentially, nothing.<p>For the record, I count myself in the group of people who can&#x27;t utilise such a connection, although I&#x27;m squarely in the group of people who&#x27;d pay for the faster connection in a heartbeat regardless.