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Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually

4:00AM October 27, 2009 | Adam Frucci

This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don’t compare too well.

Number one is, predictably, Japan, where the average broadband speed is 60mbps and they pay $US0.27 per 1mbps. The US, in comparison, averages 4.8mbps and pays $US3.33 per 1mbps, putting them at #15. Be sure to click the above image to see it in its full glory. [Zach Klein]

Comments

  • matt

    October 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    yay! we win! worst speed to market penetration ratio!

    • James-Mac

      October 27, 2009 at 12:13 PM

      And there it is… if we could kick everybody off, we’d finally get some decent speed.

  • Tom

    October 27, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    so when the NBN is completed we should be looking pretty good!!

  • Jared Mackean

    October 28, 2009 at 1:41 AM

    now go just by australia and check out how crap we have it in tasmania.

  • Steve

    October 29, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    What we don’t know is what was the base of that comparison. If you compare apples with apples (eg. unlimited data download plans all over the world ) I’m pretty sure we’re much farther behind.

    If you just compare the cheapest available package, we might be good.

  • Graham

    October 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Its a shame they stopped giving figures on the top 20 for cost after they hit #15 (USA).

    Since our costs here in Australia are determined by a combination of bandwidth AND data allowance Im not sure how they could really compare it easily.

    We could instantly increase our average speed considerably if only Telstra wasnt so restrictive with its ADSL2 ports out in country areas and made them available to more resellers at a reasonable price.

  • Daniel

    October 29, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    Interesting stuff.

    It would be interesting to see a display of the population of each of those countries though. I guess it’s no excuse. Norway’s way higher than us on the list and they have a population of about 5 million.

    We may be at a disadvantage due to the population being spread over such a large area, but we can also thank Telstra for their anti-competitive, anti-innovative stranglehold over the industry for the last few decades.

    Now we can just wait for the NBN. What was that I saw outside my window? A flying pig!

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