We know other people who live in Europe (Germany & Austria mostly) and they also get their hookup very cheap. I don't remember if it's DSL or not, but they said that it's government subsidized, which means it comes out of your taxes. And I've also heard that taxes over there are much higher than here. So, we could pay more taxes and get cheap DSL, or pay less taxes and have more expensive DSL. Either way the only ones coming out ahead are the telecommunications companies. Just go ahead and try and tell me how they are losing money on all this.