According to Akamai's State of the Internet report for Q1, the US has an average broadband speed of 11.9mbps. Romania is 12.8mbps, Poland is 9.8mbps. By comparison France is 7.5mbps, and Germany is 10.2mbps.
Based on the median household income in Romania being 16% that of the US, if 1gbps Internet access there costs $35-$40, you're paying the US equivalent of $210-$240.
It's actually 14$/mo. with VAT in Romania for 1000mbps. I'm not sure if Akamai's state of the Internet also takes into account mobile connections, because those would certainly drop the average speed down.
Edit: the speed itself is also not limited to just inside the country, although ISPs in Europe use public peerings a lot more than those in the US.
Looking at UPC they're charging about $15 for 500mbps, and RCS RDS is charging about $14 (as you noted) for 1gbps - those are about $90 adjusted to US incomes. Google Fiber in Kansas City is $70, which seems very fair to me, given Romania is renowned for inexpensive very high speed access.
That was part of the point, doing anything in Romania is going to be drastically cheaper, because wages are so much lower. That includes putting fiber into the ground.
If Romania's capital costs were $35-$40, and Google's are $100, the Romania cost is high by a significant margin if you adjust for the economies being so different.
size? you mean you have cheaper faster internet in the cities with high population density? :))))))
btw $40 1Gbit in Poland is in totally rural regions.
Based on the median household income in Romania being 16% that of the US, if 1gbps Internet access there costs $35-$40, you're paying the US equivalent of $210-$240.