Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The cost of connectivity

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Rank

City

ISP

Download Speed

Upload Speed

Price (USD/PPP)

Network Technology

Data Cap (GB)

1

Riga

Balti-Com

20

5

25.43

Cable

None

2

Seoul

KT

50

50

32.74

Fiber

None

3

Paris

Free

100

50

34.47

Fiber

None

4

Seoul

LGplus

100

100

35.78

Fiber

None

5

Paris

SFR

25

--

36.67

ADSL

None

6

Paris

Bouygues Telecom

20

0.512

36.67

ADSL

None

7

Paris

Orange

20

--

37.53

ADSL

None

8

Copenhagen

Telia

20

1

40.36

DSL

None

9

London

Virgin

30

--

43.03

Fiber

None

10

Paris

Darty

100

5

43.56

Fiber

None

11

Amsterdam

T-Mobile

20

1

44.64

DSL

--

12

Berlin

TeleColumbus

16

1

44.93

Cable

None

13

London

BT

16

--

45.45

DSL

None

14

Riga

Lattelecom

20

20

45.66

Fiber

None

15

Hong Kong

City Telecom Limited

500

20

46.72

Fiber

None

30

Lafayette

AT&T*

6

1

65.60

DSL

250

32

Chattanooga

AT&T*

6

1

68.44

DSL

250

33

San Francisco

AT&T*

6

1

73.94

DSL

250

34

Los Angeles

Verizon*

7

--

79.99

DSL

None

38

San Francisco

Comcast

20

4

89.97

Cable

300

39(t)

New York

RCN

25

2

89.99

Cable

None

39(t)

Washington DC

RCN

25

2

89.99

Cable

None

41

Washington DC

Verizon*

15

5

89.99

DSL

None

43

Los Angeles

TimeWarner

10

1

89.99

Cable

None

46

Bristol

BVU

16

3

96.40

Fiber

None

47

Washington DC

Comcast

20

--

99.00

Cable

300

48

Bristol

Charter

15

3

99.97

Cable

100

49

Chattanooga

Comcast

20

4

99.99

Cable

300

50

Lafayette

LUS

15

15

103.89

Fiber

1024

51

Bristol

CenturyLink*

10

0.7

107.26

DSL

250

52

New York

Time Warner

15

0.78

112.69

Cable

None

53

San Francisco

Astound

10

1

124.00

Fiber

100

55

Chattanooga

EPB

30

30

129.51

Fiber

None**

56

Lafayette

Cox

15

1.5

133.96

Cable

200

57

New York

Verizon

10

2

154.98

Fiber

None

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