Broadband services became essential for the public some seven to 10 years ago, and Washington D.C. has an array of high-speed Internet service providers: Comcast, Earthlink, NetZero and Covad to name a few. Most of these companies offer similar services, but Comcast seems to offer the most services for the lowest price, that's why it is the market leader in the area. Not only does it offer broadband (high-speed Internet access), but also cable and Pay-per-View TV services, as well as some unique long-distance offerings like unlimited nationwide calling for only 30 dollars per month. Comcast even offers business services packages - an affordable telecommunication solution for small (less then 20 employees) and large (more then 100) businesses.
Competition has been so strong with all the huge telecom mergers creating mammoth telecommunications companies, that some of them offered free broadband services during the infamous 'price wars' trying to drive competitors out of business. Of course, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area has always been on the forefront of these wars as political establishment and most of decision makers reside in and around of this city. With the passage of time, rivaling companies settled and right now seem to offer almost similar packages of services for almost the same prices making it hard for consumers to choose from one another.
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Yes it is. Actaully I use the cheap high speed internet and only pay $20.00 a month and there is hardly ever any downtime. The only draw back is the slower speed. Like if you want to watch a youtube video, it will take longer to buffer and load rather than the fast connection speeds. But as for the gaming side of it there has been no difference, I still get a very low "Ping".
The average broadband connection speed in the US is 3.9Mbps, making it #18 globally. South Korea and Japan take up the first two spots.
High speed internet can generally mean anything over normal dialup 56k modem speeds. This does not even have to be broadband. The company could mean *faster* dial up speeds. You really need to check with the company and find out what kind of speeds they guarantee.
Approximately 85% of American internet users have broadband, though this data is somewhat outdated, so it could be a little higher today.
At the present cricket is offering the lowest prices. There is always a major price war going on.