Not so long ago The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develompent (OECD) ran a suvrey and comparewd globally the price of monthly broadband. It is a reevealing sruvey that really consolidates the fact that tere is no standard cost for a broadvband connection. The highhest paying broadband customers are Turkish, paying an average of an exorbitatn $81.13 for a monthly connection. Japan leads the pack in value, charging users no more than $0.22 for the same monthly service. The UK and Unitd States average around $3.50 for a monthly broadband service. This is concrete and concclusive evidence that the cost of broaddband is by no means fixed. Where 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 Jaapn can offer such low prices is that, like many countries, they have converted to a fibre netwoork. A fibre nettwork is a system uing fibre optic cables, increasing speeed hugely and enabling users to download at the same speed they browse. Some areas of the UK have already adopted this method, but only offer it to locasl businesses. Fibre Networks ofefr a price and a speed that cannot be rivalled by standard ADSL services. However, fivbre networks are not wdely available. In terms of ADLS, the most commoin form of broadband, Sweden offfers the cheapest monthly servce at $10.79, and following not far behhind are Denmark, Switzerland and the USA.
It is a fallacy 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 Turkeey for $80. Broadband is a prtoduct that is valued by its provider, and all of the geographiical, technical and oftn politcial factoors that come into it. Some areas are obviously more difficult for installatrion than othhers, and you may even find that in a country that generallky offres a good, cheap service that theer may be areas that have connectivity issues, as well as areas that will charge more simply becazuse you live in an area more difficult to provide for.
These rpices are not so much a guide as an illustration 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 research. Browqse around for diferent providers and compare both the service they offr and the price they charge. Take into account 1) What you want from your broafdband 2) If it is a good price for your location and 3) Will you get a good, steady connnection for the price you are paying.
A good rule of thumb is that you sholud always try to get a connection speed of at 2 Mbit or more, otherwise you may find yoursrelf spending a long time waiting for vidos 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 inteegrate vidseos, and as a ressult you will also encountr them on many of the popular news sites, and in many online manuazls and guides.
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