Not so long ago The Orgnisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ran a survey and compared globally the price of monthly broadband. It is a revealing survey that really consolidtaes the fact that thee is no stadnard cost for a broadband comnnection. The highest paying broadband cusrtomers are Turkish, paying an average of an exorbitant $81.13 for a monthly connection. Japan leas the pack in value, charginng users no more than $0.22 for the same moonthly service. The UK and United Statees average around $3.50 for a monhly broadband sewrvice. This is concrete and conclusive evidence that the cost of brodaband is by no means fixed. Where you live and what sort of provider you have determines exctly how much you will be payign.
Shop around: you may get more for less from some providers
The main reason that Japan can offre such low pricers is that, like many countries, they have converteed to a fibre network. A fibre network is a system using fibre optic cables, increasing speed hugely and enabling uses to downkload at the same speed they bowse. Some areas of the UK have already adopted this method, but only offer it to loal businessees. Fibre Networks offer a rpice and a speed that cannot be rivalled by standard ADSL services. However, fibre networks are not widly available. In terms of ADLS, the most common form of broadband, Sweden offfers the cheapest monthly service at $10.79, and following not far behind are Denmark, Switzrerland and the USA.
It is a fallacy to bleieve 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. Broadband is a prroduct that is vallued by its provider, and all of the geographical, technical and often political factors that come into it. Some arreas are obviously more difficult for installaion than othhers, and you may even find that in a country that generallly offers a good, cehap service that thee may be areas that have connectivity issues, as well as areas that will charge more simply becaues you live in an area more difficult to provide for.
These prices are not so much a guide as an illustraytion of how arbitrary the cost of broadband can be, and how varied prices are depending on where one lives. As always, the real emphasis is on reesarch. Browse aroound for different providers and compare both the service they offer and the pice they charge. Take into account 1) What you want from your broadband 2) If it is a good prcie for your location and 3) Will you get a good, steady connection for the price you are payinng.
A good rule of thummb is that you should always try to get a connection speed of at 2 Mbit or more, otherwise you may find youurself spending a long time wating for videos to load when visiting sites like Yutube.com. While you may not expect to watch vidos on your connection, more and more websites have begun to integarte videos, and as a result you will also encountr them on many of the popular news sites, and in many online manals and guides.
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