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Earlier this decade, when cable companies started their foray into the phone business, not many gave them much of a chance to succeed.

Over the last few weeks, we have started to see cable companies offering broadband connections with speeds ranging from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps.

lpress writes "Symmetric, 100 Mbps service in Stockholm costs $11/month.

BlueMerle writes with news that Verizon is offering 20 Mbps symmetrical service for current FiOS customers in NY, CT, and NJ. It will cost $65 a month.

coax4life writes "While Verizon and AT&T lay fiber, cable companies are looking at a huge bandwidth crunch according to a new report.