Jean-Pierre Schwickerath wrote:
I lived in Germany for the last years and the big different from the consumer side is that in Germany you have tons of different offers you can order. And most of them have different prices, so in fact if you decide to get a broadbast connection you start to compare prices. In Switzerland, I believe every ADSL connection type 600/100, 1200/200, 2400/200 cost the same at most providers: 49.-, 69.-, 89.- There is no competition. It makes virtually no difference whether to go to swisscom, sunrise, cybernet, ... Sure it's easier to choose for the point of view of the consumer, but the prices will certainly not reflect the real expenses of the ISPs for these types of connections.
No, it doesn't reflect the real expenses of the ISPs. It's too low and no ISP makes a dime on the standard ADSL Offer at those prices. Swisscom on the other makes a lot of money on the ADSL lines they resell to the ISPs. Approximatly 75% of the enduser price go to Swisscom. And don't forget the ISP has to pay the VAT out of the 100% too. That leaves 17.4% for the ISP to cover all his costs including Internet bandwidth, investments for routers, helpdesk, admin, billing and so on... Consider yourself lucky if you make two or three bucks per subscriber and month.