Cable.co.uk and BDRC Continental have released a new study comparing broadband packages from around the world.<\/p>\n
Over 3,300 broadband packages were compared between 18 August and 12 October 2017.<\/p>\n
The results show that Iran offers the cheapest broadband in the world, with an average package price of $5.37. Burkina Faso had the most expensive broadband in the world, at $954.54 per month on average.<\/p>\n
Sub-Saharan Africa fared worst overall as a region, with almost all of its 31 measured countries in the \u201cmost expensive\u201d half of the ranking.<\/p>\n
To create the ranking, the researchers determined the primary fixed-line telecoms providers for each country. Their prices in local currencies were extracted and compiled into averages, and the average prices were then converted to US dollars.<\/p>\n
The average dollar prices of broadband packages were then ranked \u2013 with South Africa coming in at 97\u00a0out of 196 countries.<\/p>\n
When ranking according to the dollar price per Mbps per month, however, the picture changes dramatically.<\/p>\n
Iran slips from first to 119,\u00a0and Singapore takes the top spot \u2013 where it was previously 57.<\/p>\n