Chris Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 With DSL prices like these, it's no wonder Borat left Kazakhstan behind1. A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (PDF) paints a grim picture of Internet access in Kazakhstan and shows how difficult life can be for those in poor and authoritarian countries who want to join the worldwide community of Internet users. Consider the prices for Internet access, for one. Most users (and only four percent of the country even has access) hook up through state-owned Kazakhtelecom, a company not concerned with competitive pricing for its services. An unlimited dial-up plan costs about €82 ($111) in a country where the average monthly wage is €292 ($399). As for DSL, an unlimited 1.5Mbps connection costs €2,458 ($3,355) a month, and doesn't even included the required ADSL modem. Want a 6Mbps cable connection? It'll cost you, to the tune of €16,144 ($22,032) a month. As the OSCE report drily notes, this is more than a thousand times the price of such a connection in Western Europe.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I would say that that was slightly on the pricey side. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smile4you Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Worried by the prices of the Internet? Then it is not necessary to go far, in spite of just seeing the panorama of Spain it is already sufficient: 40€ for 1 wretch mega, bearing in mind that the neighbor of nearby (France) takes 8 megas ones as the half of the price. And does this suppose that we are in a civilized country? So there is only little difference seen with the Kazakhstan. Welcome to Borat, he gonna feel here like in his own house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashoverride Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 well that just canceled my trip... not really. is it true that people in china get games like x box, playstation, and pc games, they get them like a quater cheaper than we do. thats sucks. Thats why you have long term relationships ..."hey baby can you get me this... really really cool game." "sure But you will have to pay me""Its over" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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