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We currently pay £10/month for 2mb cable broadband from Virgin Media. Sometimes the speed is a little under or over the 2mb but overall it's a pretty stable connection and we're happy with the price.
We also have a home in Tunisia, though as yet we are still waiting for Broadband to be available to us over there. The norm in Tunisia is to pay-as-you-go for a dial-up connection, which we may invest in for our next long visit, though I will be rather frustrated by those so slow speeds!
Since installing broadband at home about three years ago, the internet has changed for our family completely. I couldn't do without it now!
For a 4096/512 k/bit connection I pay about £30 ($70) a month. Luckily my company pays for my connection.
In some places you can get up to 20480/1024 kbit/s. Thats about £48 ($100) per month.
I've been very impressed with the mobile network in Jamaica. The GPS on my N95 and my push email sync have been brilliant. Although the GPS maps don't go down to the street level, it does show the major roads so at least I've been able to see if I'm going the right way!
@Dennis
£30 for 4Mbps is a lot - you can get 20Mbps for £35 in the UK, although the capping reduces that to 5Mbps during peak
It sounds like you gave a good present...benefiting you and your parents. :) My parents also have dial-up, but they live in the boonies so they don't even have access to anything else.
Merry Christmas. Broadband here in the Philippines has many flavors, I haven't yet had achance to sample them all ... I'm currently satisfied with a nominal 384kbps "wireles" DSL that usually gives better thna 384k, ulinited, for $20 USD.
Congrats to you for helping your dfolks get better equipped, they prove the point I'musing to build up my retired-themed blog ... the real growth in the Internet will come from the babyboomer generation .. for those smart enough to adapt to it, that is.
And congrats to your folks too, for living where they want to live instead of freezing in the "home country" just because it's "home". I left the US years back and have never looked back ... everyday online I miss "home" less and less ... many haven't yet really thought through the need to stay in one place because it's always been done that way ... but more do make a move nearly every day.
Best wisshes for a jealthy and properous 2008 to all.
Jamaica is my parent's home country, but I was born in England - it's more a case of why Freeze in the adopted country when the sun is always shining at home!
If I didn't have long-standing business and family connections in Asia, Jamaica or another Caribbean island might be high on my list ... life is just tooi short to shiver and breath smog in honor of 'tradition".
i am now on broadband , just hope i never touch dial up again.
it is painfully show.
You'll also love the weather here. The sun's usually out and treats you to 26 degrees celsius. Enough for a nice tan even on christmas
I'm located in Marilao, Bulacan (just north of Metro Manila), where you? Mind sharing the name of the service you are using? ... My existing provider, SmartBro isn't all it should be in reliability. Email to davestarr (at) gmail.com if you'd rather go private.
Merry Christmas to all
Best wishes,
Amanda
Thanks. I'm looking forward to pushing things to a new level when I get back to the UK!
May be that's because there are already a sufficient number of broadband users there and related companies are trying to limit the usage while keeping revenue stable, whereas Contries with Low usage are trying to gain custoemrs with attractive offers.