Seriously, I don't see how my post is trolling as much as yours. You forget that Asian refers to more than just Singapore, Japan, Korea, etc. Malaysia can't be compared apple-to-apple with Singapore, because we are just not there yet. While there might be reasons for the high price in Malaysia, pointing out that in Singapore it's cheaper RM-wise is a straw man argument.

I don't really want to argue when people already have a preconception on the state of broadband, but I'll bite.

1) Australia is a developed country
2) The map below shows ADSL coverage in Australia (for 2007, sorry I can't find any newer ones). As you can see coverage is limited to cities, where the 22 million population are concentrated
3) Broadband in Australia are of course capped
4) Some of the "cheap" price for broadband is only for bundled packages. In the case of Telstra, you would need to subscribe to their other products to enjoy the cheaper rates, e.g. mobile, telephony, etc. If not the price for the quoted 200GB cap plan is around AUD 100 (~RM 300)

Note that this is just a quick & dirty comparison. I might be wrong, but it's better then just putting up generalised statements.