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« on: May 20, 2009, 05:58:46 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 11:59:03 PM »
Hopefully the US will do better. hi.gif

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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2009, 06:56:24 PM »
I don't think it's just a coincidence that the rate for service very nearly match the subscriber rates. smile.gif I also find it pretty hard to find a way to compare one country to another in almost any meaningful way. There are so many variables, it's usually overly simplified when countries are compared to one another. Perhaps it would be interesting to see how the same countries compare in numbers of installed connections. Numbers of free connections. Average years of education (in general as well as for interweb users). Amounts of subsidization by governments or other entities. Rates of competition. Average access speed. Number of ads pushed! eek2.gif laughhard.gif Etc., etc., etc....
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2009, 02:17:48 AM »
ABD is right that it is too complicated to compare as they have done.  The cost ratio depends on how much of the broadband is DSL and how much cable. The former is usually much cheaper. Then again are they using the single fee structure for these items or do they consider the combo price when TV and phone are included.

And the geographic dispersion of the population has a great influence on how much of the population is using broadband vs dialup.  The larger the country the more difficult and expensive to provide broadband though the concentration of population in specific areas helps.

Of course government and commercial input and regulations affect price and distribution.

Too many variables to make simple comparisons.


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