Affordability is defined as 12 times the monthly price divided by the "real adjusted gross disposable income of households per capita" of the previous year. Disposable income data come from Eurostat table <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tec00113">tec00113</a>. Monthly price of standalone Fixed Broadband Internet Access offers, include value added tax, exclude the additional cost of telephony or cable line (if any), and refers to the minimum price in the group of similar subscriptions offered by internet service providers (see the <a href="http://digital-agenda-data.eu/charts/see-the-evolution-of-an-indicator-and-compare-countries#chart={%22indicator-group%22:%22any%22,%22indicator%22:%22Price_Internet_only%22,%22breakdown%22:%22offe
### Original source
Broadband Internet Access Cost (BIAC), annual studies for the EC realised by Van Dijk, covering EU 28 Member States as well as Canada, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, State of California, State of Colorado, State of New York, Switzerland and Turkey.:
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/study-retail-broadband-access-prices-2013-smart-20100038
### Parent dataset
This dataset is part of of another dataset:
http://digital-agenda-data.eu/datasets/digital_agenda_scoreboard_key_indicators
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