Comments on: Around The World DSL Speeds (& Prices) Go Up

By: Big Growth For Internet To Continue, Cisco Predicts - GigaOM

Big Growth For Internet To Continue, Cisco Predicts - GigaOM — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:44:01 +0000

[...] of new economies – China, Brazil, Russia, India, Eastern Europe and the New Nordic Nations. Growing number of subscribers and their usage of broadband and mobile broadband is slowly pushing the demand for [...]

By: Giga OM « Tomim. M&E Strategy & Technology

Giga OM « Tomim. M&E Strategy & Technology — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:44:19 +0000

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By: Phuket Web Design

Phuket Web Design — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:56 +0000

Prices are rising up in Asia as inflation is also playing a major role though.

By: Flavo Silva

Flavo Silva — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:42:19 +0000

@OM

Sure! That will be a pleasure to keep you guys posted on what’s happing down here.

Best!
Flavio

By: Worldwide average DSL speeds increase, no thanks the US. |

Worldwide average DSL speeds increase, no thanks the US. | — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:05:05 +0000

[...] While fiber is the future proof network that more countries are adopting, world DSL speeds and prices are up. DSL is the last mile of choice for the US Telcos and other less developed places. The improved DSL speed, however is largely due to improvements south of the equator. The big change came as a result of big boosts provides by Latin American carriers, who boosted residential speeds by 36% to 2.74 Mbps. Telecom Argentina and Telefonica del Peru were two carriers that boosted speeds. In comparison, the prices for FTTx and cable tariffs have not changed much. (Gigaom) [...]

By: V

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:18:37 +0000

One day I get up and read “Broadband spreading everywhere, People are Internet Literate Now!”.
And once again the DSL rates go up making it difficult for many to connect with decent speeds. Is this really going to help the lower class connect to Internet?

By: Uday Subbarayan

Uday Subbarayan — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:41:01 +0000

Om,
Did you look beyond DSL numbers on this report? The “importance” of phone line to homes…

Earlier,
http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/i-finally-cut-the-cord/

But,
this can only applicable to silicon valley people, like us!

The rest of the world,
“DSL Speeds and prices around the world went up 4.7% and 9.3%”.

What do you think?
Uday.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:16:18 +0000

@ Flavio

Greetings. I have been tracking speed increases in your country for a while. Now the gradual increases in Brazil are factored into the database, however, some of the other countries have really boosted their speeds – going from poset-broadband to what is acceptable. I think that is why I mentioned those two companies in specific. Meanwhile, you can been our Brazil broadband “man on the street” and let us know what is going on there.

Looking forward to staying in touch

By: Flavio Silva

Flavio Silva — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:41:50 +0000

Hey Om.

Telefonica, in Brazil, has also been boosting speeds from time to time. I’m getting 30 mbps via a VDSL service recently launched in Sao Paulo. With the HDSPA mobile access taking off and being offered as an alternative to residential access, it seems that competition will force more speed increments in the following months.

We need to point out that, different from US, Cable has almost no penetration in Brazil, leaving wireless in all its flavors as the only alternative to DSL.

The great challenge down here is to bring this broadband to lower classes that are getting computers as crazy (three digits growth last two years) and need to hook them to the internet for a reasonable price. I still see lots of people getting computers for US$ 400 that still need to go to internet cafes to check their e-mails or browse Orkut because they simple can’t afford US$ 50 a month for the entry level 256 kbps broadband.

Regards,
Flavio – Sao Paulo – Brazil