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Global broadband prices revealed

 

Broadband users in 30 of the world's most developed countries are

getting greatly differing speeds and prices, according to a report.

 

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

report says 60% of its member countries net users are now on

broadband.

 

The report said countries that had switched to fibre networks had the

best speeds at the lowest prices.

 

In Japan net users have 100Mbps lines, 10 times higher than the OECD

average.

 

Japan's price for broadband per megabit per second is the lowest in

the OECD at $0.22 (0.11p), said the report. The most expensive is

Turkey at $81.13 (