{"id":72210,"date":"2015-02-15T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=72210"},"modified":"2015-02-13T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:02:36","slug":"sa-broadband-prices-arent-totally-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/72210-sa-broadband-prices-arent-totally-rubbish","title":{"rendered":"SA broadband prices aren’t totally rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Point Topic has released its Q4 2014 broadband tariff country scorecard, which shows that South Africa\u2019s entry-level broadband prices are lower than most countries.<\/p>\n

The average price for broadband in SA, though, is more expensive than most countries.<\/p>\n

The broadband tariff country scorecard compares entry-level and average tariffs from a pool of 2,674 residential broadband services from 279 operators in 85 countries.<\/p>\n

The Point Topic study shows that Poland had the lowest entry-level tariff, followed by India, Vietnam, and Japan. South Africa came in at 27 out of 85 countries.<\/p>\n

Looking at the average tariffs per country for residential services, Japan leads the way with Libya in second position followed by Ukriane and then Russia. SA was in 63rd position.<\/p>\n

The chart below shows Point Topic\u2019s broadband tariff findings. The countries at the top of the chart are the countries offering the lowest tariffs.<\/p>\n

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Broadband prices per country<\/p><\/div>\n

Article courtesy of MyBroadband<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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