UK broadband ranks among the most expensive

[geminian68]

I saw this and wondered what others think about it.
edit: ( I forgot the link)
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/70839/uk...expensive.html

Tuesday 22nd March 2005
UK broadband ranks among the most expensive 2:29PM

ADSL broadband connections in the UK are among the more expensive in the Europe, the US and the Pacific Rim, according to a new survey by ADSL Guide. By adding downstream and upstream speeds together, the website has calculated an average price in Euro cents for each Kilobit per second, and the UK comes 18th, at 3.5/Kbps.

Six countries average less than one cent per Kbps, Japan, Sweden, France, South Korea, Canada and Belgium, while at the bottom end of the 30-strong list is Denmark at 7.3/Kbps.

Those countries that have the fastest connections are also the cheapest: 51Mbps connections are common in Japan, Sweden offers 10Mbps and South Korea even has 100Mbps in some areas. Conversely, countries still stuck at 512Kbps are generally the most expensive.

The complete list can be found at www.adslguide.org.uk.

Simon Aughton

[Ignition]

That report is innacurate. I think Frank can agree with me that Canada's 'entry level' certainly isn't 3Mbit down and upstream, also I'd question the validity of regarding 51Mbit VDSL as being the entry level.

France - 8Mbit? Nonsense, if they can have 8Mbit as their standard product we should as well with UKOnline.

USA and Netherlands apparently don't do uploading...

That report is talking out of its' behind, they should either stick with the entry level, mid level or premium products, not take whatever mix feels handy, and certainly not make products up as they did in the case of Canada.

[geminian68]

Originally Posted by Ignition

That report is innacurate. I think Frank can agree with me that Canada's 'entry level' certainly isn't 3Mbit down and upstream, also I'd question the validity of regarding 51Mbit VDSL as being the entry level.

France - 8Mbit? Nonsense, if they can have 8Mbit as their standard product we should as well with UKOnline.

USA and Netherlands apparently don't do uploading...

That report is talking out of its' behind, they should either stick with the entry level, mid level or premium products, not take whatever mix feels handy, and certainly not make products up as they did in the case of Canada.

Hi Ignition

I don't know about the story's innacuracies, I saw it on PcPro and wondered what others would think.