Broadband researcher Point Topic in the UK reckons that both the speeds and the prices of residential DSL services are going up and rose by 4.7% and 9.3% respectively in the first quarter.
The global average residential DSL service cost and downstream speed rose in the quarter to $61.36 per month (up 9.3% on Q407) and 6,517 Kbps (up 4.7%) respectively.
The most significant speed changes were reported in Latin America, as average downstream residential and business speeds increased by 36% to 2,737 Kbps and 40% to 2,995 Kbps respectively.
Telecom Argentina introduced two new high speed business tariffs with downstream speeds of 20 Mbps while Telefonica del Peru expanded its range to include two new tariffs with downstream speeds of 5 Mbps.
Telefonica in Spain implementing the largest price change cut its entry level ‘ADSL Mini 1 Mbps’ service by 36% to $24.80. Belgacom introduced a new entry level service called ‘ADSL budget’, which at $22.47 replaced its previous entry level service, ‘ADSL light’,’ said Point Topic.