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Not all fingers are equal
http://www.rogers.com/web/link/hispeedBrowseFlowDefaultPlans
Cheapest Plan
Upto 6Mbps
20GB download limit (Additional Usage Charge CAD 4/GB)
Modem rental or purchase required
Cost: CAD 38.49 + 13%tax = CAD 43.5
Conversion:
XE: (CAD/INR) Canadian Dollar to Indian Rupee Rate
Additionally while crying over what the developed countries get as broadband speeds have you got a chance to peak into cost of their mobile phone plans?
Comparing India with Canada is not a fair comparison. Canada is a huge country around 3 times the size of India but has total population of just 3.4 crore. Delhi NCR i.e. Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Sonepat combined have total population which is comparable with the total population of whole of Canada.
More land mass as is case of Canada means more cables are required to serve the country. So price of broadband in certain territories is higher. Certain ISPs in Canada who serve thinly populated areas charge a much higher amount and provide slower speed. But in densely populated metropolitan areas like Toronto or downtown Vancouver which has mostly high rise buildings, broadband is very cheap. For example CA$ 49.95 per month for 50 mbps symmetric connection with 250GB FUP in Toronto from Bell Canada is a very good price compared with what we pay here in India for 400 kbps or so upload speed that Airtel is providing to US based servers on most of its connections. To top this Airtel is not ready to give better than 4 mbps
ADSL connection to my office even when I am willing to pay for it.
There is no justification for the loot that Indian ISPs are indulging in or the prices that they are charging for their mostly crappy service. At least the big cities should get better service at lower costs.
