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Originally Posted by mojo
Leased lines are expensive for many reasons. You get a business level service, with guaruntees about reliability and bandwidth. You expect the email servers to be working, for example. Also, leased lines tend to be higher speed than comsumer broadband. In effect they are subsidising the technology until it drops in price enough for consumers. Leased lines have better contention ratios too.
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The leased lines I used to sell did not come with any additional services like email or news. It was a straight connection with possibly a domain attached. Speeds started from 64k up to several MB. A single IP and router usually came with the connection. Prices were quite a lot more than consumer broadband, the price dependent on the distance to your property. Put it this way, A 256kb leased line to, say Cardiff, would cost in excess of £10,000 for the first year. Most of that cost went to BT.
*Disclaimer: I haven't sold Leased Lines for a couple of years but I do recall a rather large difference in price (and service level).