The costs really fall into two categories: infrastructure and programming (content). By infrastructure, I mean the cables, switches, etc. to bring broadband to your house. This infrastructure is used for both internet traffic and to deliver programming. This cost really hasn't changed in the last 20 years in an absolute dollar amount. For example, I was paying $45 per month for broadband 25 years ago and still pay $45 per month today. The bandwidth has improved significantly but the price in absolute dollars hasn't changed. The other component is programming - the content you choose to watch. The "cable companies" such as Spectrum and Xfinity, who provide both infrastructure and programming, and the "streaming companies" such as YouTubeTV and Hulu, who provide only programming, must pay those content providers. The costs of programming will respond to inflationary pressures. My costs for infrastructure (broadband) are fixed. If you obtain your programming from a streaming service you may have more control over costs then going through a provider that bundles broadband(infrastructure) with programming. You obviously need to contract for broadband but you can do that for about $45 per month. You can also drive your programming costs to zero by using an over-the-air antenna but your programming choices will be more limited.
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Originally Posted by Luggage
Except that most of spectrums costs are fixed , cable, wired wages by contracts
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