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If you fancy the cheapest broadband in the world you need to pack your bags and move to Hong Kong or Romania…The latest research by Point Topic show that people living in Hong Kong pay as little as US$0.028 per megabit for fixed broadband, the lowest price in the world, in a close second comes Romania. Yes, we were surprised too. The UK and US are way down the list, and come in at 24th and 30th respectively, out of 71 countries analysed.The top 10 list is dominated by countries in Europe and Asia, thanks in part to the fact that they have spent a lot of resources on their broadband infrastructures, said Fiona Vanier, senior analyst at Point Topic, which is based in London.
The top 10 cheapest countries to surf the web
Hong Kong
Japan
Romania
Sweden
Latvia
China
Singapore
Russia
Germany
Finland
In these countries the lowest cost per megabit goes from $0.048 to $0.443, according to Point Topic.In the U.K. and U.S. users pay $0.91 and $1.32 per megabit respectively.
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More Brits than ever have access to the web, but inequalities remain between those with high and low incomes.It's the first time the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have attempted to collate trends in the "e-society", and their new figures show that 19.2 million British households now have internet access, but that includes just 26% of those on the lowest incomes, according to the ONS report.The figures, published by the ONS show that 83% of families with children have online access, and that the proportion of UK households online has grown from 57% in 2006 to 73% in 2010.Of those, 96% of the highest 10% of earners were online, compared to little more than one-quarter of the lowest 10%.
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The moral of this short video is this: never bring a magician on a tour through your facilities. Or, if you do, don't curse on camera when this magician destroys something you've spent hours setting up.The moral of this short video is this: never bring a magician on a tour through your... more
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I guess I am not the only person who despises T-Mobile: A quick look around YouTube reveals that I am not the only one who is inspired into apoplexy by T-Mobile, and it also reveals that T-Mobile service sucks around the world (although, sadly, I didn't find any complaints in German).I guess I am not the only person who despises T-Mobile: A quick look around YouTube... more
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With airwaves freeing up from the big migration to digital, the FCC has some ideas on what to do with them. In an attempt to spread wireless broadband to the citizens who may have the least access to the world outside their own town, the FCC is seeking to open "white spaces." This could be the next huge step in the internet revolution... unless Dolly Parton has a say. Apparently she and others are deeply concerned about the effects this could have on devices such as wireless microphones. Technology has come a long way though, and proponents of the possible new measure say there's nothing to worry about.With airwaves freeing up from the big migration to digital, the FCC has some ideas on... more
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AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet service provider, is testing the idea of limiting the amount of data that subscribers can use each month.
AT&T will initially apply the limits in Reno, Nev., and see about extending the practice elsewhere.
Increasingly, Internet providers across the country are placing such limits on the amount of data users can upload and download each month, as a way to curb a small number of "bandwidth hogs" who use a lot of the network capacity. For instance, 5 percent of AT&T's subscribers take up 50 percent of the capacity, spokesman Michael Coe said Tuesday.
But the restrictions that Internet providers are setting are tentative. And the companies differ on what limits to set and whether to charge users for going beyond the caps.
Starting in November, AT&T will limit downloads to 20 gigabytes per month for users of their slowest DSL service, at 768 kilobits per second. The limit increases with the speed of the plan, up to 150 gigabytes per month at the 10 megabits-per-second level.
The limits will initially apply to new customers in the Reno area, AT&T said. Current users will be enrolled if they exceed 150 gigabytes in a month, regardless of their connection speed.
"This is a preliminary step to find the right model to address this trend," Coe said. The company may add another market to the test before the end of the year, he said.
Customers will be able to track their usage on an AT&T Web site. The company will also contact people who reach 80 percent of their limit. After a grace period to get subscribers acquainted with the system, those who exceed their allotment will pay $1 per gigabyte, Coe said. AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet service provider, is testing the... more
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