To, že je Slovensko špecifickým trhom vie každý z nás. Nikto nevie, prečo tomu tak je, vieme len, že sa to nedarí zmeniť. Operátori pôsobiaci v niekoľkých rôznych krajinách majú na Slovensku často výrazne vyššie ceny za svoje služby.
Postupom času sa cena za 1 GB dát znižuje, no pri tomto pozorovaní treba byť opatrný. Rovnomerne, ak nie rýchlejšie sa zvyšuje aj spotreba. Pozeráme čoraz viac videí, fotografií vo vyššom rozlíšení a tak podobne.
Netreba zabudnúť ani na príchod rýchlejšej 5G siete, ktorá dokáže niekoľko gigabajtov dát preniesť doslova za pár sekúnd. Porovnanie cien za 1 GB dát v jednotlivých krajinách je preto na mieste. Situácia Slovenska v rebríčku 230-tich krajín nie je najlepšia. Nachádza sa v druhej polovici zoznamu, pričom na prvé priečky nemôžeme ani pomyslieť.
S porovnaním prišiel nezávislý britský portál Cable.co.uk, ktorý dlhodobo sleduje ceny za služby širokopásmového internetu a mobilných dát nielen na britských ostrovoch, ale všade na svete, informoval server Mobilmania.Živě.cz.
Z ich najnovšieho prieskumu vyplynulo, že na Slovensku stojí 1 GB v priemere 3,55 amerického dolára, čo je v prepočte 3,01 €. Portál porovnal celkom 45 rôznych paušálov a programov. Dobrou správou je, že cena sa postupom času znižuje. Zatiaľ čo 1 GB dát stál v roku 2019 v priemere 7,38 dolára, v roku 2020 to bolo už „len“ 3,84 dolára.
Môže byť aj horšie
Slovensko je pri 161. mieste viac-menej v strede poľa. Výrazne horšie na tom je susedné Česko, ktoré atakuje úplne posledné priečky. Priemerná cena za 1 GB dát v Česku sa totiž drží na hranici 8,15 dolára a za posledný rok dokonca stúpla. Z európskych krajín je na tom horšie už len Grécko.
Najdrahšou krajinou, čo sa dát týka, ostáva Rovníková Guinea, kde vás 1 GB dát vyjde na vyše 49 dolárov. Naopak, najlacnejšou krajinou je Izrael, kde 1 GB dát stojí len 0,05 dolára.
Za zmienku tiež stojí, že z EÚ sa na popredných miestach umiestnili aj Taliansko (4. miesto s cenou za 1 GB len 0,27 dolára) a Francúzsko (11. miesto s cenou za 1 GB dát len 0,41 dolára). Slovensko a Česko teda majú čo dobiehať.
Verme len, že príchod 5G siete nebude mať opačný efekt. Nižšie nájdete kompletnú tabuľku s aktuálnymi hodnotami.
| Poradie (od nejlevnějších po nejdražší) | Krajina | Počet porovnaných paušálov | Priemerná cena za 1 GB (2021 | 2020 | 2019) | ||
| 1 | Israel | 27 | $0,05 | $0,11 | $0,90 |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 20 | $0,15 | $0,21 | $0,27 |
| 3 | Fiji | 18 | $0,19 | $0,59 | $3,57 |
| 4 | Italy | 29 | $0,27 | $0,43 | $1,73 |
| 5 | Sudan | 33 | $0,27 | $0,63 | $0,68 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 22 | $0,29 | $0,52 | $0,91 |
| 7 | Moldova | 18 | $0,32 | $1,12 | $2,82 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 60 | $0,34 | $0,70 | $0,99 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 60 | $0,38 | $0,51 | $0,78 |
| 10 | Chile | 59 | $0,39 | $0,71 | $1,87 |
| 11 | France | 45 | $0,41 | $0,81 | $1,21 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 53 | $0,42 | $0,64 | $2,99 |
| 13 | Belarus | 14 | $0,43 | $0,89 | $2,36 |
| 14 | San Marino | 2 | $0,43 | $1,16 | $6,86 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 46 | $0,49 | $0,57 | $1,31 |
| 16 | Algeria | 20 | $0,51 | $0,65 | $5,15 |
| 17 | China | 36 | $0,52 | $0,61 | $9,89 |
| 18 | Samoa | 42 | $0,56 | $10,86 | $30,09 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 60 | $0,59 | $0,69 | $1,85 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 19 | $0,59 | $0,46 | $0,49 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 60 | $0,60 | $1,34 | $3,27 |
| 22 | Somalia | 27 | $0,60 | $0,50 | $6,19 |
| 23 | Mongolia | 42 | $0,60 | $0,74 | $0,82 |
| 24 | Nepal | 35 | $0,61 | $0,86 | $2,25 |
| 25 | Turkey | 60 | $0,63 | $0,72 | $2,25 |
| 26 | Poland | 60 | $0,64 | $0,70 | $1,32 |
| 27 | Ghana | 34 | $0,66 | $0,94 | $1,56 |
| 28 | India | 58 | $0,68 | $0,09 | $0,26 |
| 29 | Australia | 46 | $0,70 | $0,68 | $2,47 |
| 30 | Libya | 16 | $0,74 | $4,73 | $4,87 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 19 | $0,75 | $0,46 | $5,93 |
| 32 | Tanzania | 60 | $0,75 | $0,73 | $3,71 |
| 33 | Mauritius | 18 | $0,75 | $2,48 | $0,51 |
| 34 | Réunion | 11 | $0,76 | $0,72 | $1,65 |
| 35 | Armenia | 21 | $0,76 | $1,05 | $2,51 |
| 36 | Myanmar | 35 | $0,78 | $0,78 | $0,87 |
| 37 | Denmark | 34 | $0,79 | $0,80 | $1,36 |
| 38 | Kuwait | 42 | $0,81 | $0,77 | $2,01 |
| 39 | Mayotte | 16 | $0,82 | $1,08 | $2,22 |
| 40 | Cambodia | 23 | $0,83 | $1,50 | $10,18 |
| 41 | Bhutan | 42 | $0,83 | $1,16 | $1,49 |
| 42 | Haiti | 13 | $0,85 | $2,74 | $1,25 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 60 | $0,88 | $1,39 | $7,91 |
| 44 | Western Sahara | 25 | $0,88 | $0,99 | $1,18 |
| 45 | Morocco | 24 | $0,88 | $0,99 | $1,66 |
| 46 | Malaysia | 60 | $0,89 | $1,12 | $1,66 |
| 47 | Guadeloupe | 9 | $0,89 | $2,42 | $6,06 |
| 48 | Cameroon | 44 | $0,90 | $2,75 | $1,71 |
| 49 | Brazil | 58 | $0,92 | $1,01 | $3,50 |
| 50 | Senegal | 35 | $0,94 | $3,30 | $3,28 |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 30 | $0,94 | $1,71 | $65,83 |
| 52 | Macedonia | 18 | $0,96 | $1,75 | $3,62 |
| 53 | Finland | 18 | $0,97 | $2,14 | $1,16 |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 35 | $1,02 | $1,55 | $1,60 |
| 55 | Egypt | 40 | $1,04 | $1,09 | $1,49 |
| 56 | Ecuador | 19 | $1,06 | $3,24 | $6,93 |
| 57 | Thailand | 60 | $1,06 | $1,23 | $2,78 |
| 58 | Monaco | 3 | $1,08 | $0,98 | $1,21 |
| 59 | Tunisia | 25 | $1,09 | $1,37 | $3,67 |
| 60 | Singapore | 35 | $1,09 | $2,47 | $2,87 |
| 61 | Djibouti | 7 | $1,12 | $1,12 | $37,92 |
| 62 | Zambia | 60 | $1,13 | $1,36 | $2,25 |
| 63 | Iraq | 33 | $1,14 | $4,20 | $8,00 |
| 64 | Peru | 49 | $1,15 | $2,13 | $2,48 |
| 65 | Austria | 60 | $1,17 | $1,08 | $1,88 |
| 66 | Romania | 16 | $1,18 | $1,03 | $1,89 |
| 67 | Iceland | 20 | $1,23 | $1,46 | $3,78 |
| 68 | Spain | 44 | $1,24 | $1,81 | $0,56 |
| 69 | Rwanda | 47 | $1,25 | $1,48 | $3,79 |
| 70 | Tonga | 2 | $1,28 | $3,41 | $2,92 |
| 71 | Niger | 22 | $1,28 | $3,30 | $25,52 |
| 72 | Serbia | 38 | $1,30 | $1,60 | $4,83 |
| 73 | Jersey | 18 | $1,32 | $1,71 | $3,82 |
| 74 | El Salvador | 25 | $1,33 | $1,45 | $4,55 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 23 | $1,38 | $1,85 | $2,06 |
| 76 | Estonia | 34 | $1,39 | $1,27 | $3,67 |
| 77 | Jordan | 42 | $1,41 | $1,03 | $1,79 |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 60 | $1,42 | $1,39 | $6,66 |
| 79 | Ireland | 12 | $1,42 | $1,36 | $3,95 |
| 80 | Sweden | 58 | $1,45 | $2,07 | $3,66 |
| 81 | Guernsey | 14 | $1,46 | $1,24 | $3,05 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 60 | $1,47 | $2,12 | $5,62 |
| 83 | Uruguay | 35 | $1,51 | $1,58 | $2,80 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 22 | $1,51 | $0,74 | $1,28 |
| 85 | Iran | 52 | $1,52 | $0,75 | $1,88 |
| 86 | Uganda | 60 | $1,56 | $1,62 | $5,02 |
| 87 | Honduras | 22 | $1,56 | $3,12 | $4,69 |
| 88 | French Guiana | 9 | $1,58 | $3,61 | $13,41 |
| 89 | Angola | 20 | $1,61 | $5,29 | $7,95 |
| 90 | Palau | 6 | $1,67 | $2,50 | $8,34 |
| 91 | Timor-Leste | 15 | $1,67 | $2,08 | $4,48 |
| 92 | Hungary | 21 | $1,70 | $5,32 | $2,91 |
| 93 | Palestine, State of | 17 | $1,71 | $3,26 | $6,56 |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 3 | $1,71 | $2,44 | $2,06 |
| 95 | Slovenia | 28 | $1,72 | $1,48 | $2,21 |
| 96 | Dominica | 17 | $1,76 | $4,92 | $14,60 |
| 97 | Philippines | 30 | $1,77 | $1,42 | $3,16 |
| 98 | Georgia | 20 | $1,80 | $0,93 | $5,63 |
| 99 | Isle of Man | 14 | $1,80 | $1,66 | $3,33 |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 42 | $1,82 | $1,86 | $6,42 |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | $1,90 | $5,92 | $2,69 |
| 102 | Macau | 19 | $1,93 | $2,89 | $17,10 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 24 | $1,94 | $2,17 | $4,84 |
| 104 | Suriname | 12 | $1,94 | $4,92 | $6,08 |
| 105 | Guinea | 19 | $1,99 | $2,08 | $4,53 |
| 106 | American Samoa | 11 | $2,00 | $2,50 | $1,94 |
| 107 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 11 | $2,00 | $4,67 | $4,97 |
| 108 | Malta | 27 | $2,01 | $3,62 | $13,10 |
| 109 | Burundi | 54 | $2,10 | $2,12 | $18,79 |
| 110 | Bahrain | 24 | $2,12 | $2,27 | $2,00 |
| 111 | Oman | 60 | $2,12 | $4,58 | $11,28 |
| 112 | Montenegro | 21 | $2,12 | $3,94 | $2,83 |
| 113 | Guam | 23 | $2,14 | $2,00 | $4,26 |
| 114 | Northern Mariana Islands | 18 | $2,15 | $2,65 | $12,97 |
| 115 | Bolivia | 48 | $2,18 | $5,09 | $5,99 |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 9 | $2,23 | $2,64 | $8,51 |
| 117 | Eswatini | 9 | $2,24 | $13,31 | $5,25 |
| 118 | Kenya | 50 | $2,25 | $1,05 | $2,73 |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 18 | $2,26 | $5,40 | $12,14 |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 21 | $2,26 | $2,22 | $11,51 |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 52 | $2,30 | $2,55 | $7,15 |
| 122 | Croatia | 26 | $2,35 | $2,48 | $4,00 |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 15 | $2,36 | $2,74 | $4,89 |
| 124 | Saint Barthélemy (St. Barts) | 17 | $2,36 | $4,06 | $5,04 |
| 125 | Argentina | 28 | $2,38 | $1,45 | $7,40 |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 | $2,39 | $3,04 | $3,05 |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 | $2,41 | $3,33 | $3,58 |
| 128 | Grenada | 13 | $2,44 | $5,37 | $12,00 |
| 129 | Paraguay | 27 | $2,53 | $2,30 | $11,56 |
| 130 | Côte d’Ivoire | 29 | $2,58 | $3,20 | $6,18 |
| 131 | Liberia | 40 | $2,59 | $3,25 | $3,75 |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 22 | $2,60 | $4,65 | $4,10 |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 14 | $2,62 | $3,27 | $4,84 |
| 134 | Faroe Islands | 11 | $2,64 | $2,41 | $9,78 |
| 135 | Lesotho | 27 | $2,66 | $2,13 | $7,19 |
| 136 | South Africa | 60 | $2,67 | $4,30 | $7,77 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 11 | $2,74 | $3,88 | $2,43 |
| 138 | Åland Islands | 7 | $2,75 | $3,24 | $4,64 |
| 139 | Gibraltar | 5 | $2,78 | $7,38 | $3,10 |
| 140 | Mozambique | 19 | $2,79 | $3,33 | $12,82 |
| 141 | Albania | 32 | $2,80 | $2,83 | $5,28 |
| 142 | Colombia | 60 | $2,80 | $3,46 | $3,22 |
| 143 | Congo | 8 | $2,88 | $1,94 | $4,57 |
| 144 | Belize | 27 | $2,97 | $3,25 | $4,39 |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 20 | $3,00 | $3,89 | $13,95 |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 17 | $3,10 | $4,01 | $7,99 |
| 147 | The Netherlands | 24 | $3,11 | $2,98 | $4,62 |
| 148 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 25 | $3,19 | $4,16 | $3,42 |
| 149 | Qatar | 9 | $3,20 | $4,12 | $12,57 |
| 150 | Comoros | 25 | $3,21 | $4,38 | $5,27 |
| 151 | Maldives | 23 | $3,24 | $3,88 | $5,79 |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 21 | $3,26 | $3,69 | $9,22 |
| 153 | Mali | 42 | $3,28 | $4,12 | $12,37 |
| 154 | United States | 45 | $3,33 | $8,00 | $8,34 |
| 155 | Germany | 60 | $3,38 | $4,06 | $6,96 |
| 156 | Japan | 35 | $3,38 | $3,91 | $10,40 |
| 157 | Saint-Martin (France) | 40 | $3,46 | $3,32 | $8,46 |
| 158 | Martinique | 18 | $3,46 | $2,60 | $7,12 |
| 159 | Latvia | 22 | $3,49 | $3,79 | $18,12 |
| 160 | Cook Islands | 9 | $3,50 | N/A | $5,56 |
| 161 | Slovakia | 45 | $3,55 | $3,84 | $7,38 |
| 162 | Benin | 37 | $3,61 | $27,22 | $20,99 |
| 163 | Mexico | 45 | $3,62 | $4,77 | $15,05 |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16 | $3,70 | $11,07 | $14,90 |
| 165 | Portugal | 21 | $3,85 | $4,97 | $13,98 |
| 166 | Anguilla | 13 | $3,85 | $5,92 | $14,12 |
| 167 | Botswana | 30 | $3,92 | $13,87 | $16,79 |
| 168 | Greenland | 3 | $3,97 | $9,56 | $11,12 |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 19 | $4,00 | $9,17 | $14,61 |
| 170 | Montserrat | 12 | $4,01 | $8,33 | $4,92 |
| 171 | Sint Maarten | 21 | $4,17 | $4,66 | $21,64 |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 30 | $4,20 | $15,42 | $4,96 |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 | $4,41 | $4,12 | $11,71 |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 39 | $4,44 | $7,17 | $12,70 |
| 175 | Aruba | 17 | $4,44 | $9,11 | $5,56 |
| 176 | Panama | 8 | $4,49 | $6,69 | $4,69 |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 31 | $4,52 | $2,47 | $10,26 |
| 178 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 13 | $4,65 | $5,90 | $11,76 |
| 179 | Togo | 18 | $4,69 | $4,50 | $15,12 |
| 180 | South Korea | 18 | $4,72 | $10,94 | $9,21 |
| 181 | Cape Verde | 24 | $4,78 | $4,81 | $4,25 |
| 182 | Lebanon | 15 | $4,81 | $3,82 | $5,84 |
| 183 | Gabon | 52 | $4,82 | $4,89 | $3,39 |
| 184 | Madagascar | 36 | $5,14 | $8,81 | $7,24 |
| 185 | Switzerland | 14 | $5,24 | $8,38 | $20,22 |
| 186 | Guyana | 17 | $5,25 | $5,46 | $12,30 |
| 187 | Belgium | 37 | $5,28 | $4,88 | $3,12 |
| 188 | Mauritania | 13 | $5,56 | $4,63 | $9,49 |
| 189 | Taiwan | 42 | $5,67 | $5,91 | $12,02 |
| 190 | Canada | 60 | $5,72 | $12,55 | $13,21 |
| 191 | Norway | 21 | $5,81 | $5,28 | $5,33 |
| 192 | Gambia | 31 | $5,86 | $5,10 | $6,89 |
| 193 | Bahamas | 17 | $5,98 | $6,02 | $4,94 |
| 194 | Vanuatu | 23 | $6,06 | $4,25 | N/A |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 9 | $6,35 | N/A | $12,42 |
| 196 | Curaçao | 17 | $6,47 | $11,06 | $16,91 |
| 197 | New Caledonia | 14 | $6,49 | $4,81 | $7,21 |
| 198 | Barbados | 11 | $6,79 | $9,32 | $15,82 |
| 199 | New Zealand | 36 | $6,99 | $6,06 | $9,79 |
| 200 | Syria | 14 | $7,15 | $6,55 | $4,14 |
| 201 | Niue | 10 | $7,37 | $4,50 | $9,20 |
| 202 | Andorra | 7 | $7,49 | $9,54 | $12,58 |
| 203 | Cuba | 9 | $7,50 | $13,33 | N/A |
| 204 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 3 | $7,50 | $7,50 | $9,31 |
| 205 | United Arab Emirates | 51 | $7,62 | $3,78 | $10,23 |
| 206 | Nauru | 1 | $7,62 | $30,47 | $28,13 |
| 207 | Solomon Islands | 22 | $7,83 | $8,53 | $8,37 |
| 208 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7 | $7,85 | $7,20 | $12,87 |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15 | $8,00 | $13,33 | $23,09 |
| 210 | Czech Republic | 34 | $8,15 | $7,95 | $32,71 |
| 211 | Greece | 22 | $8,16 | $12,06 | $4,91 |
| 212 | Seychelles | 21 | $8,64 | $11,43 | $19,55 |
| 213 | Cyprus | 22 | $8,84 | $13,56 | $20,25 |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 13 | $9,03 | $8,25 | $6,03 |
| 215 | Virgin Islands (British) | 32 | $9,54 | $12,50 | $18,55 |
| 216 | Kiribati | 28 | $9,94 | $10,50 | $11,05 |
| 217 | Caribbean Netherlands | 13 | $10,94 | $9,95 | $9,57 |
| 218 | Cayman Islands | 17 | $11,97 | $23,05 | $26,79 |
| 219 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 2 | $13,47 | $16,98 | N/A |
| 220 | Yemen | 17 | $15,98 | $15,98 | $15,73 |
| 221 | Bermuda | 21 | $19,80 | $28,75 | $37,74 |
| 222 | Tokelau | 6 | $20,48 | $17,75 | $29,96 |
| 223 | Turkmenistan | 4 | $21,41 | $11,44 | $19,81 |
| 224 | Namibia | 33 | $22,37 | $4,78 | $11,02 |
| 225 | Chad | 15 | $23,33 | $23,33 | $23,33 |
| 226 | Malawi | 5 | $25,46 | $27,41 | $3,59 |
| 227 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 16 | $30,97 | $28,26 | $5,33 |
| 228 | Saint Helena | 4 | $39,87 | $52,50 | $6,04 |
| 229 | Falkland Islands | 4 | $44,56 | $40,41 | $55,47 |
| 230 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | $49,67 | $12,78 | $47,39 |