> 1Gbps [symmetrical] with unlimited data for $79 a month.

This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city.

I pay $35/mo for 10 Gbps in Japan https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/707868117.png

You can’t get symmetrical 1Gbps residential connections, but I imagine the EE plans cost more than $500/m.

I’m on Leaptel 1000/400 for $166/m and it’s fantastic. Fingers crossed they offer the nbn multi gig speeds later this year.

> This costs $500 in Australia in the inner city.

I'd pay that. I am stuck with 2mb ADSL living in the centre of a major city in Scotland.

Sounds like a business line or something specialist. What's the average civilian internet like?

Intertesting. I get 1Gbps symmetric from AT&T for $90/mo (was $70/mo two years ago when this article was written).

I'm in the Silicon Valley and have multiple ISP options (although AT&T is the only 1000/1000 option).

I guess our prices stay low because if they went too high it would motivate their competitors to move in.

Aussie Broadband is $150/month for 1Gbps/Down 50Mbs/Up, unless you really need the symmetric that is not representative.

In Norway this costs $130 a month after you've added the option of having a fixed IPv4 address.

UK £37 a month, £5 extra for a static IPv4 address.