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Iran the Numbers--and Persian Internet is the Cheapest in the World

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 23 2017, @07:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the censoirship-included-in-the-price dept.

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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).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @07:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @07:15AM (#600981)

    Affordability is much more important than raw costs. Sure, Internet is cheap in Ukraine, but it's still expensive if you consider average wages there. So maybe this should be affordability index - average cost compared to average wage.