MSNBC's Bob Sullivan, in a published excerpt from his book Gotcha Capitalism, explores the long history broadband providers have with bogus fees. Most of his examples we've discussed here at length, such as Verizon's attempt to hit consumers with a bogus "supplier surcharge" fee, even after the FCC dropped the $2-$3 USF surcharge from DSL lines (something providers such as BellSouth and Speakeasy quickly copied).Of course it's a practice most regulators seem perfectly content to let continue unabated, even if it is a form of false advertising.

DSL provider Speakeasy is gearing up to unveil ADSL2+ service starting this week, Broadband Reports is the first to reveal. We spoke with Speakeasy CEO Bruce Chatterley concerning the new service, the company's evolution and their relationship with new owner Best Buy (covered below the break).

The details: 8Mbps/1Mbps for $149.95, 10Mbps/1Mbps for $179.95 and 15Mbps/1Mbps for $189.95. Installation will run you $149 (modem and install). Prequal loop distances are 10,000, 7,000, and 5,000 feet respectively. It's available in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC. Several of our regular users alerted us that they've already been able to pre-order the service.