cost for access in China
May 7th, 2007 by Gen KanaiI can’t find the World Bank report mentioned in this report, but it is a significant concern when Internet access in China costs as much as it does.
Guangming Daily reports Chinese netizens spend ten times more money on the internet than people in developed countries.A World Bank report released on Monday reports Chinese netizens spend an average of 83.5 yuan (US$10.8) on the internet every month, more than 10 percent of their monthly income.
People in developed countries spend an average of less than one percent of their income to access the same information online.
It is amazing to think about spending 10% of one’s monthly income on Internet access.
May 7th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Relatively speaking I live in a “developed” country. Still, I pay 3.2 percent of my income on internet, and – for comparison – a vista ultimate 32 bit oem costs 21 percent of my monthly income, and I earn relatively well. I frequently hear US people not believing how much people have to spend in other countries for things they are long used to have.