These comparisons are, of course, problematic. But still engaging especially in the context of the launch of the Alliance for an Affordable Internet. Thailand yields no data. And I assume they work off advertised speeds rather than real
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The Economist provides a nice interactive map. Sri Lanka appears to do best (USD 6.6) among the South Asian countries and Bangladesh terribly (USD 27.3).
Workshop: Digital Tools for Strengthening Public Discourse
Today, LIRNEasia hosted a workshop to launch digital tools created by Watchdog Sri Lanka, funded by GIZ’s Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) programme. Researchers, practitioners, activists and journalists attended to learn about these tools, and how they can potentially help them in their own lines of work.
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abdussamad
Pakistan is 2nd place in South Asia on that survey. But a lot of people have raised doubts on those numbers in the comments. Anyway we still don’t have 3G here. Prices might go down after we get 3G.