Pakistanis enjoy cheapest broadband service worldwide

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Published: April 09, 2009
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A recent survey has found that Pakistani broadband users enjoy very inexpensive broadband internet compared to other parts of the world as the country’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are providing excellent service.
Though there are subscribers in Pakistan, who are not happy with their ISP or customer support at times, which happens all over the world, wherever the computer networks are involved, problems may occur there. The survey reveals that Cox, an ISP in the USA, provides broadband facility of 9mbps for $45, 1.5mbps for $30, and 768kbps for $20. Verizon of USA costs 1mbps for $18 and 3mbps for $28.
As far as the Indian ISPs are concerned, Tata Indico in Mumbai provides 512kbps for Indian Rupees (INR) 1850 and 1mbps for INR 3850 while BSNL gives 512kbps for INR 1350.
In Japan, 1Gbps for $56.50 while in the United Kingdom (UK), 8Mbit Unlimited is provided for 13.50 pounds while 24Mbit Unlimited cost 17.50 pounds. Clearly, Pakistan’s ISPs are offering very competitive rates - with 1 MB link for Rs 1200 or $15 which is of course a great deal.
For reference’s sake, $20=PK Rs. 1600, as $1= PK Rs. 80.00 approximately.
When asked to comment over the comparison, Sadia Khan, a broadband user in the federal capital, said, “Yes dear, I am using DSL 512KB/s at Rs400/month. Much cheaper than any other ISPs in the rest of the world”. “I personally believe that instead of doubling the speed, they could have lowered the prices of the package. I mean instead of converting 512 to 1MB for 1200/, it would have been better to lower the price of 512 package to 600 rupees,” she added.
Fatima Batool called for digging deeper and you would know how 1mbps in Pakistan is not even 1mbps standard if we look at the door- to-door fibre optics technology and cable tunnel’s capacity.

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