It seems as though all the negative campaigns against Türk Telekom has paid off. They announced today that virtually all the ADSL pakets they offer will see speed increases of 400%.
Hurray! No more 256Kbit crap!
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A few days ago, OECD announced the state in which broadband is in around the globe. Not suprisingly, the Turkish telecommunication monopoly Türk Telekom is announced as providing the most expensive internet in the world with around $81US per Mbit/s. Japan has the cheapest with only $0.22US, yes, that is 22 cents compared to 81 dollars.
The reason for this is that Japan now uses fiber-optic lines, delivered to every home while most other countries, including Turkey, still use the traditional copper telephone wires. The Turkish infrastructure is especially outdated, with still ADSL being used instead of ADSL2+.
