lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoThe Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn'tsschueller.github.ioexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1688
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minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-25 hours agoIn Spain most villages have some tiny local ISP that offers fiber. My town (population 30k) has two local ISPs. I can get 10Gbit for 30 euros/month. Even remote villages have fiber.
minus-squarebridgeburner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoAnd then there’s germany: I pay 43 Euros a month for only 100 MBit/s via cable. Nice to see how fckn far behind we are lol.
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoPro tip: move to Schleswig-Holstein, where every village has fiber lol. 86% availability vs the german average of 12%
In Spain most villages have some tiny local ISP that offers fiber. My town (population 30k) has two local ISPs. I can get 10Gbit for 30 euros/month. Even remote villages have fiber.
And then there’s germany: I pay 43 Euros a month for only 100 MBit/s via cable. Nice to see how fckn far behind we are lol.
Pro tip: move to Schleswig-Holstein, where every village has fiber lol. 86% availability vs the german average of 12%