High-Speed Internet
98%
Decrease in Price
Per Megabit
Per Megabit
as internet use and
speeds have soared
speeds have soared
Source: NCTA Research
As internet speeds have skyrocketed and allowed users to take advantage of data-intensive services like streaming video and gaming, the price per megabit per second has fallen. In 2008 consumers paid about $9.01 per Mbps, ten years later in 2018 that price was a miniscule $0.76 per Mbps. That is a 92 percent decrease.