Derrick
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The OECD has produced a report on broadband cost and availability in 30 leading democratic economies.
It’s clear that countries who have installed fibre optic networks provide by far the cheapest bandwidth. Countries with fibre – like Japan, Sweden, Korea and Finland – offer speeds of 100Mbps.
That’s one hundred mega bits per second. And that’s in both directions at the same time. ADSL is asynchronous, meaning the upload speed is much slower than the download speed.
Of particular interest to a South African audience is the changes of entry level broadband across the world. In the year leading up to October 2006, in 30 of the leading democratic economies the price of broadband has fallen by 19%. At the same time speeds have increased on average by 29%.
Is South Africa not a ‘leading democracy’ anymore? And if so, is it because of the poor broadband penetration and availability?
It’s clear that countries who have installed fibre optic networks provide by far the cheapest bandwidth. Countries with fibre – like Japan, Sweden, Korea and Finland – offer speeds of 100Mbps.
That’s one hundred mega bits per second. And that’s in both directions at the same time. ADSL is asynchronous, meaning the upload speed is much slower than the download speed.
Of particular interest to a South African audience is the changes of entry level broadband across the world. In the year leading up to October 2006, in 30 of the leading democratic economies the price of broadband has fallen by 19%. At the same time speeds have increased on average by 29%.
Is South Africa not a ‘leading democracy’ anymore? And if so, is it because of the poor broadband penetration and availability?