Timothy Karr is the senior strategy director for 
ISPs charge $45 a month for service that costs about $9 to supply.
by Timothy Karr
Is your Internet bill too high? You can thank the phone and cable companies for that.
Today, high-speed broadband services offered by these national carriers cost more than $500 a year and even more when customers are forced to bundle Internet access with cable or phone packages. These rates put access out of reach for millions.