In particular, the depression had already sprouted on the American farm and in certain industries. The Hoover term was just months old when the nation sustained the most ruinous business collapse in its history. The stock market crashed in the fall of 1929.
1 Cable broadband speeds tend to be faster than DSL and may cost more in some cases. 2  The Economy Internet Service (1 Mbps down/ 384 Kbps up) costs $25 /month. 3  The next level Performance (12 Mbps down/ 2 Mbps up) is $43 /month.
Whatever savings you might achieve by ditching other services, you will almost certainly give them back as your bill for Web connectivity inexorably creeps up. Consumers now pay an average of $50 a month for a broadband connection to the Web, which is up from a monthly average of about $40 a decade ago. But costs can vary widelyâranging from $10 to $120â depending on whether the service is bundled with cable and phone, is an introductory rate, and depending also on your connectivity speed.