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Originally Posted by random50
It's interesting that there's such a wide variation in pricing for internet and phone packages in different countries. Are the infrastructure costs really that different? Considering the countries where the price is relatively high, such as America and Australia, I'm thinking that the costs depend far more on land area covered by a network than the number of customers served. Population density could be the key variable.
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I think it's more a question of the
Law of the handicap of a head start. As I already mentioned, our broadband wired network is one of the highest in Europe, if not the world. Also, our distances for travel are not such that having a mobile internet is almost a requirement if you want to stay online. It's only fairly recent that mobile internet is growing (for example, my mother has had mobile internet longer than it is available for consumers here and my mother lives in Hungary). If you don't have a good wired broadband already, it's easier to step into the mobile internet right away, as it is easier to "lay down". Especially if you have a lot of address without either cable or phone lines.