Broadband Pricing Comparison EU-member states, US States, CA, JP, KR a.o.

fyi.  i thought this might be interesting to some of you.

--n.


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> The EU released a study today on Broadband Internet Access Cost.
>  
> Broadband Internet Access Cost
> Data as from February 2013
> 1.INTRODUCTION
> This is the 2013 comparative study on the Broadband Internet Access Costs in 27 Member
> States of the European Union as well as Canada, Croatia8, Iceland, Japan, South Korea,
> Liechtenstein, FYROM, Norway, State of California, State of Colorado, State of New York,
> Switzerland and Turkey. It is based mainly on information collected in the period between
> February 1st and 15th, 2013. Where appropriate, the information for this period has been
> compared with the similar information that was previously collected by VAN DIJK
> MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS in February 2011 and February 2012.
>  
> It includes comparisons, corrected with purchasing power parity for European countries and Canada, Japan, South Korea, as well as several US states. So it avoids the typical averaging out a continent vs a market pitfall and it might be of interest for US readers.
>  
> The full study
>  
> https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/study-retail-broadband-access-prices-2013
>  
> The main press release
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-314_en.htm
>  
> Also references to the second instance of Sam Knows study in the EU.
>  
> SamKnows shows that while EU citizens get a better deal than US citizens with respect to FTTx and Cable, in terms of bandwidth, the xDSL in Europe is worse on average.
>  
> It must be noted that SamKnows study conflates FTTH with FTTC (alas, political correctness and probably fear of undersampling in their near 10 thnd devices large panel caught them).
>  
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> Price contrasts: the cheapest advertised broadband is available in Lithuania (from €10.30), Romania (from €11.20) and Latvia (from €14.60); in other countries, the lowest available offer can be as high as €46.20 (Cyprus), with Spain (€38.70) and Ireland (€31.40) not far behind. The biggest domestic price range is in Poland, with offers ranging from €20 up to €140, and Croatia – from €30 up to €121.
> 
> Source: EC services based on study by Van Dijk. Prices refer to February 2013, are in euros/month including VAT and are adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity.
>

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