Global comparison of Broadband services [Beta]

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Typical Plans:

Typical plans offered in other countries, along with plans offered in India that satisfy the base criteria (see notes):

Country	ISP	Technology	Downstream	Upstream	Datacap	Price (per month)
Australia	Internode	DSL	1.5 Mbps	256 Kbps	7 GB	Rs.2041.87
Brazil	Velox	DSL	600 Kbps	300 Kbps	60 GB	Rs.2089.96
Canada	Rogers	Cable	3 Mbps	384 Kbps	60 GB	Rs.1769.10
India	Airtel	DSL	No Plan	No Plan	No Plan	Rs.0.00
India	BSNL	DSL	512 Kbps	? Kbps	5 GB	Rs.1800.00
India	Hathway	Cable	256 Kbps	? Kbps	None	Rs.120000.001
India	Iqara	Cable	256 Kbps	? Kbps	None	Rs.5000.00
India	MTNL	DSL	512 Kbps	512 Kbps	5 GB	Rs.3999.00
India	Reliance	Ethernet	256 Kbps	? Kbps	10 GB	Rs.1200.00
India	Sify	Cable	No Plan	No Plan	No Plan	Rs.0.00
India	Tata Indicom	DSL	512 Kbps	? Kbps	6 GB	Rs.4450.00
Japan	Yahoo BB	DSL	50 Mbps	3 Mbps	None	Rs.1299.38
Malaysia	Telecom Malaysia (TMNet)	DSL	1 Mbps	384 Kbps	None	Rs.1072.41
Singapore	Pacific Internet	Cable	6.5 Mbps	384 Kbps	None	Rs.1855.73
South Korea	Hanaro Telecom	DSL	20 Mbps	20 Mbps	None	Rs.1260.84
Sweden	Telia	DSL	2 Mbps	Unknown	None	Rs.1702.37
UAE	Al Shamil	DSL	512 Kbps	256 Kbps	None	Rs.2366.92
United Kingdom	BT Internet	DSL	2 Mbps	256 Kbps	20 GB	Rs.2140.99
United States	Verizon	DSL	3 Mbps	768 Kbps	None	Rs.1745.33

¹This is an annual unlimited plan.

Notes:

• Criteria for selection are:
  • Minimum datacap no less than 5 GB/month.
  • Minimum downstream bandwidth no less than 256 Kbps.
  • Minimum upstream bandwidth no less than 256 Kbps.
  • No time restrictions.
  • Only monthly plans considered with the exception of plans without data caps.
  • Quality of Service, though a huge factor in our country, has been disregarded.
  These criteria invalidate all the low priced plans in India (that serve no purpose besides marketing), and plans which do not offer a minimum of 256 Kbps upload speeds (which essentially are not true broadband).
• Most of the above (non-Indian) plans become (a lot) cheaper upon entering contracts or bundling with other services.
• It is possible and likely that many of the Indian ISPs listed have upstream speeds that do not meet the 256 Kbps criteria. But they have been included anyway due to lack of data.

Recently Introduced Plans:

These plans/speeds are scheduled to become the broadband norm in the next year or two:

Country	ISP	Technology	Downstream	Upstream	Datacap	Price (per month)
Australia	Internode	ADSL 2	24 Mbps	1 Mbps	15 GB	Rs.2041.87
Japan	Asahi Net	FTTH	100 Mbps	100 Mbps	None	Rs.1299.38
Singapore	Pacific Internet	Cable	30 Mbps	1 Mbps	None	Rs.3311.77
Sweden	Telia	ADSL 2	24 Mbps	Unknown	None	Rs.2214.78
United Kingdom	Be	ADSL 2	24 Mbps	1.3 Mbps	None	Rs.1903.81
United States	Verizon	FIOS	15 Mbps	2 Mbps	None	Rs.2297.22

Currency Conversion Rates:

The following currency exchange rates (source: OANDA Interbank rates) have been used in the above tables:

Currency	Exchange Rate
1 KRW	Rs.0.04503
1 JPY	Rs.0.38603
1 SEK	Rs.5.69353
1 HKD	Rs.5.93121
1 MYR	Rs.12.18648
1 AED	Rs.12.52337
1 BRL	Rs.20.92048
1 SGD	Rs.27.1902
1 AUD	Rs.34.05951
1 CAD	Rs.39.35708
1 USD	Rs.45.99032
1 GBP	Rs.79.32548

Rates last updated: 01/Dec/2005.
Plans last updated: 20/Nov/2005.

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