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U.S. Is Bandwidth King; London The Top City: Page 2 of 2

In America, we like things big, so there's reason to rejoice: The U.S is the world's bandwidth king, with 1.4 Tbps bandwidth and 704 Gbps peak traffic, according to Om Malik's blog. London, though, is the top city, with 1.1...
December 14, 2005

* The cheapest country to buy GigE backbone access is the US of A, where you can buy it at $13 per Mbps per month.

* The highest bandwidth per capita is Denmark, with 38 Kbps per person.

What does all this tell us? Volume drives down price, because the US has the most bandwidth, and the cheapest rates for it. And if you live in Denmark, there may not be a whole lot to do except surf the Web.

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