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How Much Does Your Broadband Cost?

Posted by Cliff on from the huge-market-for-last-mile-fat-pipes dept.

Anders Höckersten asks: "Recently, the Vice President of Sweden's largest ISP Telia declared that broadband is far too cheap in this country, compared to what it costs internationally. Meanwhile, surveys have shown that people aren't prepared to pay more than what they are currently paying. My question is simple: How much do you pay for your broadband, and what upload and download speeds do you get? As a reference, getting 1024 kbps (that's kilobits) download and 200 kbps upload from Telia currently costs 295 SEK (around $30)."

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  1. Re:Bizarre comparison by Sentry21 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    God, just shut up.

    This is the internet remember? You can find anything if you know what to look for. GDP, average incomes, tax rates, tax brackets, population densities, urban plans, street maps, bandwidth prices...

    But have you ever tried to find an ISP or cable company in a country you've never lived in? Keyword searches don't work too well, since most companies assume you know where they are and who they service.

    By finding out from customers (such a diverse array of customers as this) you can find out that (maybe) Americans are paying more than Canadians and Germans, but maybe Germans are paying more than Canadians. Then you can compare that against economies and get a good idea of what's what.

    Add on to that the fact that a lot of broadband providers don't even quote exact speeds that you're rate-limited to, let alone that you're likely to get.

    There have been some sincerely stupid Ask Slashdot questions in the past, but this isn't really one of them.

    --Dan

  2. Re:8/1mb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ATG sucks.

    i repeat: ATG sucks.