Dialing for dollars.The cost of logging on to the Internet in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. varies from reasonable to prohibitively expensive. At around US$13 a month, Argentina is cheapest. Nicaraguans pay a steep $51 for the same amount of Internet time In the early days of the public Internet, Internet time referred to the breakneck speed with which companies scrambled to gain traffic and market share on the Web. A new business could come and go within a matter of weeks. . Brazilians and Guatemalans pay closest to the regional average, about $30. The world average is almost $37 per month, while in the Americas it's just over $31, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the International Telegraph Union (est. . Europeans pay less, $21.50 on average. Average cost of Internet usage 20 hours per month Nicaragua El Salvador Honduras Panama Dominican Rep. Peru Ecuador Guatemala Brazil Uruguay Costa Rica Mexico Bolivia Chile Venezuela Colombia Argentina [GRAPHIC OMITTED] |
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