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Broadband prices fall in US and Europe

watty · 2010-08-30 09:17:34

via http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/30/broadband_pricing_fall/ So, apart from when you actually NEED "on the go" Mobility, Mobile Internet is good for something. It's time though they stopped calling it Mobile Broadband.

30-08-2010 9:17am

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Broadband pricing in Europe and the US fell €5 a month, on average, as broadband speeds went up by an average of 20 per cent during the last year, says researcher Analysys Mason. This is after a relatively flat period during the past recession, when prices held up.

via http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/30/broadband_pricing_fall/

Martin Scott, Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason said, “Almost 20% of the tariffs we tracked during the second quarter of 2010 offered down- stream bandwidths of 30Mbps or greater although the proportion of subscribers that actually take these ultra-fast services is likely to be much lower than 20%. Consequently, the average price per Mbps per month has declined from €7.5 in the fourth quarter of 2009 to just €5.8 in the second quarter.” Competition from mobile broadband services contributed to the downward pressure on fixed broadband tariffs, the company said.

So, apart from when you actually NEED "on the go" Mobility, Mobile Internet is good for something. It's time though they stopped calling it Mobile Broadband.

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