В один прекрасный день мой вай-фай роутер отказался работать шустро и пока разбиралась в причинах, я вдруг задумалась, а сколько стоит интернет у буржуев? Закинула удочку своим друзьям в Штаты и Австралию.

Предварительно я рассказала им, что в России, в среднем, мы платим около 400 — 600 рублей в месяц.
Например, я плачу $7 за свои 50 Mbs.

Итак, давайте посмотрим сколько платят американцы за домашний интернет.

Ответы моих друзей:

Дэвид/США — мы платим 40 долларов в месяц, за 6 мегабайт.
Тэд /США— я плачу около 29 долларов в месяц за 200 МБ/с.
Джордан/США — у нас ужасный интернет: $55 за 6 mbs, и то не всегда есть даже эта скорость.
Нора — мы платим почти 100 долларов за входящий 250 МБ и 15 МБ за исходящий. Моя мама платит 70 долларов за 1 GB.

Джастин/Австралия — я плачу $ 80 AUD в месяц за 20 MBs ADSL 2+ соединение с неограниченной загрузкой. В среднем, интернет в Австралии стоит от 25 до 90 долларов в месяц, в зависимости от тарифного плана.

David/US
«Your internet cost seems very good to me, even with the difference in prices between the US and Russia. We don’t have good internet now since we live several miles out ‘in the country.’ We just moved and pay $40 per month and only get 6 MBs. A house we lived in previously that was located in an area where more people lived had great internet with over 50 MBs, but it was also about $40 or $50 per month.» (c)

Ted /US
«Internet connection prices vary a lot here.
I pay about $29 per month for high speed (200MB per second). Usually the connections are provided by companies who also provide Television cable and telephone connections. They «bundle» these services for a more advantageous price.» (c)

Jordan/US
«The internet here in the U.S. Is not very good. My family currently pays $55 for 6mbs, and most of the time it doesn’t even keep up with that speed. Large companies in the US Monopoly on the people and can do whatever they want. And many times try can do illegal actions such as completely removing a customer from their internet if they file a single complaint. Internet here is despicable.» (c)

Justin/AU
«There is no simple answer to this question, but I can tell you it’s much much more than what Russians pay 🙁 . Like most things in Australia, it’s very expensive when compared to most other countries. True, our wages are much higher, but so is the cost of living too, so it all evens out in the end. Here I pay $80 AUD a month for a 20MBs ADSL 2+ connection, with a unlimited download. I say unlimited, because many other internet plans have download limits here.

We do have fibre optic internet in Australia but it’s only in the cities and I am out of the city and so can’t get it here. If your looking for an average cost for internet here, it’s typically between 25 to 90 dollars a month depending on the plan your on.» (c)

Nora/US
«We pay almost $100 for 250 MB download and 15 MB for upload. Depending on where you live, you can get better deals. My mom pays about $70 for 1 GB upload and download (symmetrical).» (c)