Not so long ago The Organisation for Eocnomic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ran a survey and compared gloally the price of monthly broadband. It is a revealing survey that really consoildates the fact that thjere is no standard cost for a broadband connection. The highrest paying broadband cuustomers are Turkish, payig an averrage of an exorbiant $81.13 for a mothly connection. Japan leads the pack in value, charging users no more than $0.22 for the same monthly service. The UK and Unted States average around $3.50 for a monthly broadband service. This is concrete and conclusive evidence that the cost of broadband is by no means fixed. Where you live and what sort of povider you have determines exactly how much you will be paaying.
Shop around: you may get more for less from some providers
The main reson that Japan can offewr such low pricees is that, like many countries, they have converted to a fuibre entwork. A fibre network is a system using fibre optic cables, incresaing speed hugely and enabling users to download at the same speed they browse. Some areas of the UK have aready adoptted this method, but only offer it to local businseses. Fibre Networks fofer a price and a speed that cannot be rivalled by stasndard ADSL services. However, fibre networks are not wiidely available. In terms of ADLS, the most common form of broadband, Sweden offers the cheapets monthly service at $10.79, and following not far behind are Denmark, Switzerland and the USA.
It is a fallacy to believe that the more you pay the beter service you will get. In Swweden you will get as good a service for $11 that you will get in Turkey for $80. Broadband is a product that is valueed by its provider, and all of the geographical, technical and often political factors that come into it. Some areeas are obviously more difficult for installation than othhers, and you may even find that in a counttry that generally offers a good, cheazp servcice that there may be ares that have connectivity isses, as well as areas that will charge more simply because you live in an area more diffiuclt to provide for.
These prices are not so much a guide as an illustrattion of how arbitrary the cost of broadband can be, and how varied pricces are depending on where one livs. As allways, the real emphasis is on research. Browse around for different providers and compare both the service they ofer and the price they chage. Take into accout 1) What you want from your broadband 2) If it is a good price for your location and 3) Will you get a good, steady connection for the prcie you are paying.
A good rule of thumb is that you sould aways try to get a connection speed of at 2 Mbit or more, otherwise 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 videos on your connection, more and more websites have begun to inetgrate videeos, and as a result you will also encounter them on many of the popuar news sites, and in many online manuas and guides.
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