Thursday, February 7, 2008

Price Per Megabit: Japan and France Lead

When observers talk about places where broadband access is both fast and affordable, Japan is certain to come up. Maybe they should talk about France. As this chart created by the Wall Street Journal shows, French users can buy broadband at prices per megabit that are quite close to what users in Japan are able to do.

Also, despite all the whining about how far behind the rest of the world the U.S. providers are, it doesn't really appear such sentiments necessarily are based in fact. Over the last year, cable and telephone companies have been boosting capacity while holding prices steady. And that provides a much better "price per megabit" relationship.

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