In those days of dial-up internet connections, going online involved long local phone calls that could cost more than $10 apiece in France. In the United States, they were virtually free. He’s now a professor at New York University. And over the years, he has noticed something surprising about his adopted country: Internet usage is no longer a good deal. A similar package in the United States usually costs more than twice as much.

Source: New York Times November 10, 2019 23:47 UTC