DocumentCode
549432
Title
1 GB at 1 MBPS: Cost of information society
Author
Choubey, Janardan ; Choubey, Bhaskar
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., North Eastern Regional Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Nirjuli, India
fYear
2011
fDate
27-29 June 2011
Firstpage
435
Lastpage
438
Abstract
This paper provides a snapshot of costs involved in a domestic internet connection in the developing world to understand the basis of the growth of information society. Using data taken from various internet service providers and converting it to US Dollars using both direct conversion rate as well as purchasing power parity, the cost of net from an individual´s point of view is analysed. The study suggests that basic internet is still costly in major parts of world to encourage meaningful growth of information society.
Keywords
Internet; costing; Internet service providers; US Dollars; bit rate 1 Mbit/s; direct conversion rate; domestic Internet connection; information society cost; purchasing power parity; Benchmark testing; Broadband communication; Economic indicators; Internet; Web and internet services;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Society (i-Society), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
London
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-148-9
Type
conf
Filename
5978486
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