Here in Poland we may only dream about broadband Internet access (at least in minor cities, and in periphery of those bigger ones). TP (Polish Telecom) holds monopoly (theoretically it doesn't, but practically it does) on it and prices are absolutely outrageous. I.e. 24h/day DIALUP costs you more than 1000 $ / month (US dollars). And there's not much to do with it... If you're unlucky and live in 99% of country where there's no possibility of other provider, you may have only dial-up. Broadband is cheaper (about 200$/month) but is available only in some regions. And it won't change soon because TP doesn't invest any money in local departments...
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Here in Poland we may only dream about broadband Internet access (at least in minor cities, and in periphery of those bigger ones). TP (Polish Telecom) holds monopoly (theoretically it doesn't, but practically it does) on it and prices are absolutely outrageous.
I.e. 24h/day DIALUP costs you more than 1000 $ / month (US dollars).
And there's not much to do with it... If you're unlucky and live in 99% of country where there's no possibility of other provider, you may have only dial-up.
Broadband is cheaper (about 200$/month) but is available only in some regions. And it won't change soon because TP doesn't invest any money in local departments...