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Romania, and parts of Poland where new Fiber networks are laid out have ~$35-40 1Gbit unlimited internet. Meanwhile people in US wonder how much Google is losin
by rasz_pl 11y ago
Romania, and parts of Poland where new Fiber networks are laid out have ~$35-40 1Gbit unlimited internet. Meanwhile people in US wonder how much Google is losing on $100 per 1Gb clients? :)
- adventured 11y agoAccording to Akamai's State of the Internet report for Q1, the US has an average broadband speed of 11.9mbps. Romania is 12.8mbps, Poland is 9.8mbps. By comparison France is 7.5mbps, and Germany is 10.2mbps. Based on the median household income in Romania being 16% that of the US, if 1gbps Internet access there costs $35-$40, you're paying the US equivalent of $210-$240.
- option_greek 11y agoWhile affordability is certainly an issue, the OP probably is probably referring to capital costs involved and whether Google can recover them back.
- adventured 11y agoThat was part of the point, doing anything in Romania is going to be drastically cheaper, because wages are so much lower. That includes putting fiber into the ground. If Romania's capital costs were $35-$40, and Google's are $100, the Romania cost is high by a significant margin if you adjust for the economies being so different.
- cbg0 11y agoIt's actually 14$/mo. with VAT in Romania for 1000mbps. I'm not sure if Akamai's state of the Internet also takes into account mobile connections, because those would certainly drop the average speed down. Edit: the speed itself is also not limited to just inside the country, although ISPs in Europe use public peerings a lot more than those in the US. http://www.speedtest.net/result/4647615600.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/4647615600.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/4647608031.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/4647608031.png
- adventured 11y agoLooking at UPC they're charging about $15 for 500mbps, and RCS RDS is charging about $14 (as you noted) for 1gbps - those are about $90 adjusted to US incomes. Google Fiber in Kansas City is $70, which seems very fair to me, given Romania is renowned for inexpensive very high speed access.
- noja 11y agoWith an unlimited gigabit port? How much is a server there with that speed, is there a Romanian Hetzner equivalent?
- cbg0 11y agoThis price is for residential users only. You can't really beat hetzner on price.
- magicalist 11y agoIs that mean speed? That's probably not a great measure.
- theklub 11y agoThat's all pretty good. Especially considering the size of the US.
- rasz_pl 11y agosize? you mean you have cheaper faster internet in the cities with high population density? :)))))) btw $40 1Gbit in Poland is in totally rural regions.
- WillPostForFood 11y agoFWIW, $100/mo is for small businesses, so presumably many users sharing the bandwidth. It is $70/mo for residential.