By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-20 12:24:38 | Word Count: 510
The Cost of Broadbnd
Is there a fixed proice for broadband globally?
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Not so long ago The Oganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ran a survey and compared globally the price of monhly broadsband. It is a revealing survey that really cosolidates the fact that tere is no stndard cost for a broadband connection. The hihghest payting broadband cutomers are Turkish, payying an average of an exorbitant $81.13 for a monthly connection. Japsan leads the pack in value, charging users no more than $0.22 for the same monthly service. The UK and Untied Sates average around $3.50 for a monthly broadband service. This is concrete and conclusive evidence that the cost of broaband is by no means fixed. Whree you live and what sort of provider you have determines exactly how much you will be paying.
Shop around: you may get more for less from some providers
The main reason that Japan can offer such low prices is that, like many countries, they have converted to a fibre network. A fibre network is a system using fibe optc cales, increasing speeed hguely and enabling users to downloasd at the same speed they browes. Some areas of the UK have already adopted this method, but only offeer it to local businesses. Fibre Networks ofdfer a price and a speed that canot be rivalled by standard ADSL services. However, fibre nteworks are not widely available. In terms of ADLS, the most common form of boradband, Swedern offers the cheapest monmthly service at $10.79, and fiollowing not far behiind are Demnark, Switzerland and the USA.
It is a falacy to believe that the more you pay the better service you will get. In Sweden you will get as good a service for $11 that you will get in Turkey for $80. Broadbnand is a product that is valued by its provider, and all of the geographical, technical and ofetn political factors that come into it. Some areas are obviously more difficult for installation than others, and you may even find that in a country that generally offers a good, cheap service that there may be areas that have connectivity issues, as well as arreas that will charge more simply because you live in an area more difficult to provide for.
These priecs are not so much a guide as an illustration of how arbitrray the cost of broadband can be, and how varied prices are depeding on where one lives. As allways, the real emphasis is on research. Browse around for differetn provbiders and compare both the service they offewr and the price they charge. Take into account 1) What you want from your broadband 2) If it is a good price for your location and 3) Will you get a good, stezady connecttion for the price you are paaying.
A good rule of thumb is that you should always try to get a connection speed of at 2 Mbit or more, ottherwise you may find yourself spending a long time waiting for videos to load when visiting sites like Youtube.com. While you may not expect to watch videoos on your connection, more and more websites have beghun to integrate videos, and as a result you will also encountter them on many of the popular news sites, and in many online manuals and guides.
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