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Broadband in Brazil is the 2nd most expensive among 15 countries, says survey

14/05/2013

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The average price of broadband in Brazil is one of the most wallet in the pocket of the consumer, considering the relationship between the amount charged for 1 Mbps (megabit per second) and the income of the population. This is shown by a survey of 15 countries.
 
The Brazilian needs to work 5.01 hours per month to connect to the network of broadband of 1 Mbps. The country is second only to Argentina, where they are needed 5.15 hours. Japan appears in the last position in the ranking: in that country, the people need to work 0.015 hours to pay for access.
 
The survey was conducted by economist and professor at FGV Samy Dana in partnership with majoring in Economics from UFV-MG (Universidade Federal de Viçosa) Victor Candido.
 
The calculations were made based on the data of the report The State of the Internet (Akamai consulting) and Internet World Stats Broadband Penetration (Internet World Stats). To get the average per capita income of each country, we used data from the World Bank.
 
According to these data, the average price of access in Brazil at a speed of 1 Mbps is U.S. $ 25.06, or about R$ 50.52 per month depending on the price of the last day of May 10. It was considered an average income per hour, per capita, $ 5, or R$ 10.08.
For comparison, in Japan, the average amount charged by Internet access is U$ 0.27, or R$ 0.55. As the average per capita income received per hour there is higher (U$ 18 or R$ 36.32), the amount of hours needed to make the access is much smaller.
 
In the survey, we selected countries that lead the world in Internet access between developed and emerging nations.
 
Many tributes and little competition
For the economist Samy Dana, the high price charged in Brazil is related to the high tax burden: while the country pays 40% tax on broadband services in Japan taxes represent 5% of the price.
 
"On one side, there is a government that taxes too. Moreover, the industry has few companies, which means that competition is small for the size of the country has. Sector A little competition and inefficient regulation leaves consumer price hostage. The result is poor service and expensive, which ends up being a hindrance to the country's development, "says the economist.
 
Price has dropped 68% since 2008
The executive director of the National Union of Telephone Companies and Service Mobile and Personal (SindiTelebrasil), Eduardo Levy questions the comparison with countries such as Japan
 
"The Brazilian also spends more time to buy a car or an iPad than a Japanese. But research shows that the price of broadband has dropped 68% since 2008 in Brazil," he says. "If the service was so expensive, there would be so many people using it."
Levy says that charging for access at a speed of 1 Mbps for U.S. $ 25.06, or just over $ 50, not reality in the country, mainly because of the promotions made by companies.
 
The association cites data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN body, which show that Brazilians spend on average U.S. $ 17.22 per month with broadband, or R $ 34.86. In Japan, according to the ITU, the average monthly expenses is U.S. $ 24.41, or R $ 49.41. The research does not talk about the ITU speed (consider only the monthly amount to download a 1 Gigabyte).
 
The directors of the study say that the value used is an average overall, considering towns of all sizes.


Source: UOL - News

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