Re:Germans Grow Frustrated with Their Slow-Poke Internet
by heroic on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:23PM
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This is probably the only thing I feel great about in the Indian communication domain! I pay <$2 a month for about 1.5GB 4G every DAY! Speeds generally vary from crap to 11 Mbps
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Re:Germans Grow Frustrated with Their Slow-Poke Internet
by denzil_correa on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:00PM
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> I pay <$2 a month for about 1.5GB 4G every DAY! Speeds generally vary from crap to 11 Mbps
Of course. But, you have to take into account the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) to get the true picture. According to OECD data, Germany's PPP is 0.76 while India's is 18.128 (2019). On an average, there's a factor of 23.85 until prices reach a parity between them. Therefore, just because you pay ~ 2$ a month doesn't make it cheap for India.
https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-p...
Re:Germans Grow Frustrated with Their Slow-Poke Internet
by vinay427 on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:32PM
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Well, this difference exists between many EU countries and Germany as well, so I don't even think that's necessarily an apt comparison without some extra data.
(I'm referring to the comment which your comment was in response to, which I know you didn't post.)