Indians are overpaying for internet, nation ranks 44th in global index much ahead of neighbours: Surfshark

A new report by Surfshark reveals that Indians are overpaying for their internet. The VPN provider recently released the Global Internet Value Index (IVi), which is a list that ranks countries based on how much its people are overpaying for internet access. India ranks 44th in it. The index aims to look at internet connectivity from a practical perspective, looking at whether people are getting what they’re paying for.

As such, the Global Internet Value index (IVi) is calculated by dividing each country’s internet speed (both fixed broadband internet and mobile internet) by internet affordability to determine which countries are overpaying for their internet. The aspects taken into consideration include time to work to afford fixed broadband internet (hours),