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The internet in the middle of Monteverde rain forest in Costa Rica was faster than the internet at your average coffeeshop in L.A. That shocked me.
by nickthemagicman 8y ago
The internet in the middle of Monteverde rain forest in Costa Rica was faster than the internet at your average coffeeshop in L.A.
That shocked me.
- adventured 8y agoThe US ranks in the top 10 to 15 globally on average consumer Internet speed. Costa Rica is below #100. About 1/5 to 1/6 the average speeds in the US, with US speeds increasing faster year-over-year despite the difference. Costa Rica is comparable to what you see in Iran or Nigeria, around four to five mbps. Your premise comes across as dramatically overstated (even if you did encounter a coffee shop in LA with poor Internet).
- leesalminen 8y ago> around four to five mbps Or, my only non-satellite option in rural Colorado.
- nickthemagicman 8y agoIt would sound dramatically overstated to me as well if I had not experienced it. I've worked at almost every coffee shop on the West Side of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Culver, Venice. With the exception of Starbucks who has some sort of deal worked out with Google the average connection speed is 5Mbs - 10Mbs.