Communication bandwidth vs. Price (the price/performance issue of the 1990s)

Carl Malamud says:

The new reality is simple: there is so much capacity and competition that telecommunications providers are about to go into an airline-style price war to keep market share. ... How cheap will it get? How does $30 a month for a T1[2] line grab you?

Who will the new communication companies be? Probably not who you expect!

• A leading U.S. long haul network operator is Wiltel (ran fibers inside their natural gas distribution network!)
• Banverket, Vattenfall, Stockab {the City of Stockholm}, ... - all have major fiber installations