The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a statistical survey related to broadband indicators like penetration, usage , speeds and prices which show the market trends worldwide. Its broadband portal throws light on these indicators which differ from country to country worldwide. OECD uses these indicators to assess broadband markets in different nations.

As far as the technology which is mostly used to deliver broadband is concerned, DSL contributes 62 percent of the total broadband network and cable broadband comes second with 29 percent.  The latest fibre based broadband which is virtually non-existent in the UK, has a share of 8 percent of total broadband connections on the globe.

In terms of broadband penetration, the UK has 24 broadband connections for every 100 inhabitants and UK stands at 11th position in the table. Denmark tops the table with 35 percent of its population have broadband connections of their own.

When we assess the range of broadband prices in these countries, Switzerland offers the cheapest broadband deal for just 5.80 USD while in Czech Republic which is the most expensive nation for broadband users, the entry level broadband package cost s 33.38 USD. In the UK, the prices are moderate ranging between 16.54 and 62.76 USD.

courtesy: OECD 

Which broadband technology offers the highest speed? How much speeds that DSL  or cable or wireless broadband deliver? The statistics show the new fibre based broadband (FTTN) which is clearly on lead with DSL and cable broadband following it. FTTN which is mostly used in countries like Japan, Korea, France was reported to have 77,120 Kbps download speed and 58, 591 Kbps upload speed. On average, ADSL broadband offers up to 9 Mbps downstream and 1,603 Kbps upstream. Cable also offers nearly same downstream, however, it delivers less than half of upstream that DSL provides.

Now we come to the main issue of broadband – broadband speeds. Except a few nations, customers in most broadband developed nations could achieve less than 20 Mbps speed despite the varying speeds shown in advertisements. Practically, Japan is the only country where the actual speed and advertised speed come closer. It offers more than 90 Mbps speed connections using FTTN technology. In Europe, France uses this fibre based technology which helped it to increase the speed drastically in recent years. On average, people of France get more than 40 Mbps speed. In UK, the average speed varies between 10 and 15 Mbps which is not bad at all despite the fact that FTTN has not entered UK yet.