El Reg reports
Tired of continual price hikes on your broadband deal? Then why not move to Iran? According to a study released today, it has the cheapest broadband (if you're willing to ignore political and social problems).
The survey conducted by cable.co.uk and BDRC Continental ranked 196 countries on their monthly prices for a broadband connection, using 3,351 consumer packages tracked over eight weeks (ending October 12) to calculate the average.
At $5.37 (£4.05) a month, Iran beats second placed Ukraine at $5.52 a month, with both significantly cheaper than Russia at $9.82 a month.
Burkina Faso is last at 196th place, costing users $954.54 (£720.77) per month. Papua New Guinea is 195th, but much better at $597.20 (£450.95), then Namibia at $431.99 (£326.20). The UK comes in 62nd place, averaging £30.54 a month($40.44).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 23 2017, @08:55PM (7 children)
s/censoirship/censorship
...unless I missed a joke.
theocracy
You and I are working on a similar wavelength.
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Suggested dept. line:
from the see:-theocracy-ain't-so-bad dept.
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday November 23 2017, @09:05PM (5 children)
Sir, if I may ask...what does "Iran the numbers..." mean?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 23 2017, @09:10PM (4 children)
Yeah. Folks who pronounce the name "Ir-ahn" might miss the pun.
Folks who pronounce it "I-ran" got the joke.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 23 2017, @09:26PM
...and Persia was what Iran was called through most of history.
Trivia: We get the chess term "checkmate" from the Persian for "The king is dead" ("Shah mort").
More trivia: Though the country is majority Islamic, the language of Iran isn't Arabic; it's Farsi.
There's also been a bunch of squabbling over whether the body of water should be called the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 23 2017, @10:41PM (1 child)
Where do folks that pronounce it "I-raq" keeps their servers?
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Thursday November 23 2017, @11:44PM
Sounds like you'll have to talk to your local Apple Genius for the answer to that one.
jasassin@gmail.com GPG Key ID: 0xE6462C68A9A3DB5A
(Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Thursday November 23 2017, @10:51PM
Ajit the Idjit wants you to have less for more. I wonder, is he still working for Verizon or just on their payroll.
MAG(for corporations)A.
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday November 23 2017, @10:32PM
If you happened to look out of your window and saw a flock of seagulls as you read it, it might help with the joke.