As I stated on Twitter sometime ago, I thought internet in Brazil was alright, but, no, it's not. I used to complain a lot in Australia, whether the internet was 3G or else, but in Brazil it is no good either. Checking on Google, it`s not hard to notice internet in both countries is quite deplorable.
In Brazil, internet is expensive - over 445 dollars a Megabit in Manaus, Amazonas, compared to 1 dollar and 15 cents in Japan, according to a Cisco's survey in 2007. Brazilian government recently spread the news that it plans on bringing down broadband connection costs. A Megabit, which is now an average of 45 dollars across the country at the moment, might be 22 dollars until October 2011.
I just tested my internet speed at Internet Speed Test website. My download speed is a good deal lower than the world speed - 1644 kbps against 4079 kbps. In Switzerland alone it is 8422 kbps. Im not even stating my download rate, upload speed and upload rate, cuz they are out of proportion as well.
Brazil needs to invest a lot more, foreseeing increased demand in the years ahead, according to Folha, Brazilian newspaper. Companies should be looking forward to an 11,25 Mpbs download speed.
Australia is another example how things turn out to be bad too. As far as I would remember, internet was not available everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean aboriginal ancient lands, just the nearby surburbs! Yeah, I worked in telemarketing there ( what a pity ) and would listen to people complaining about no internet connection at all.
Things are not so up to date till now. Internet speed over there is an average of 1,5 to 2Mbps upload and download. The country has a lack of investment in infrastructure; internet providers use phone wires to connect dwellers to the internet, the ADSL.
Australia has a plan in place to offer internet to all Aussies (in time) at reasonable costs, the National Broadband Network - or NBN. It has started slowly in Tasmania, but people disagree on lots of things. They argue about the costs, for example. A heading at the Australian website Adelaide Now says: NBN price higher, PM's promise 'flawed'. People would then rely on the same old ADSL again. Some days later the NBN was hacked by a fellow citizen of theirs.
Much alike Australia, Brazil has the PNBL, Plano Nacional de Banda Larga, which means National Broadband Plan, it is taking time as well to adjust things. The connection costs can be similar, but the Australian plan is deemed to reach 93 % of all homes, businesses and so on by 2020. In Brazil, the Plan is supposed to make internet available to 40 million homes by 2014 - not all of them yet. Maybe in 2020?
