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Just a bit more background from Germany: This article largely focusses on broadband connections. It doesn't even begin to adress the even bigger issue, which is
by hannob 7y ago
Just a bit more background from Germany:
This article largely focusses on broadband connections. It doesn't even begin to adress the even bigger issue, which is that mobile internet is extremely bad compared to most other european countries.
Also interesting that even the reporter fell for one of the lamest excuses: "Among them are the country’s large geographic area". Northern neighbor Sweden, which happens to be one of the countries with fiber connections even in very rural areas, is larger and much less densely populated.
- jrimbault 7y agoIt seems to me France also has a comparable surface, although with more concentrated population centers.
- Glawen 7y agoFrance has 30 millions less people and is 50% bigger than germany (550000km2 vs 350000km2), so no, it is not comparable. Germany is way denser than France, with a lot big cities.
- noja 7y agoIsn't Internet in France supposedly really cheap and very fast?
- hocuspocus 7y agoYes and no. Broadband is really hit or miss. You can live on a street where half the buildings have access to fiber (and therefore triple-play gigabit for <40€/month) while the other half is left with piss-poor DSL, that isn't even sold any cheaper. (At least in Germany the pricing reflects the speed). Mobile isn't terribly better than in Germany (there are still many areas with fairly poor coverage) but it's way cheaper, yes. For instance I use a French SIM card for traveling, since it covers the entire EU, EFTA countries and North America. Unlimited calls/SMS and 15GB for 15€/month.
- adventured 7y agoFrance has among the slowest Internet in the rich / highly developed countries group. As recently as 2017 they ranked behind Russia in fixed avg mbps according to Akamai's report and were 5th slowest in Europe. They were #51 globally at that point and Germany was 50% faster and ranked #25 globally. I'm sure it has improved some in the last two years, I doubt it has dramatically leaped forward. They've also performed relatively poorly on mobile speeds (from early 2017): "France got absolutely walloped by all its neighbours, and finished behind 21 other European countries" https://www.thelocal.fr/20170224/we-all-knew-frances-mobile-internet-was-slow-but-its-worse-than-we-thought https://www.thelocal.fr/20170224/we-all-knew-frances-mobile-...
- b3orn 7y agoThe population difference is 16 million (67 million vs 83 million), and the France is about 80% larger than Germany (640679km^2 vs 357386km^2). But at the same time the population of France is much more concentrated into a few areas and the population of Germany is spread out more.
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- k__ 7y agoI have the feeling with 4G it gets better. Sadly the costs are rather prohibitive. For example, I pay 35€ for 16GB LTE. Also, while the Vodafone net is rather good, I read they are replacing their 3G with 4G, which means stuff gets faster, but only for people with newer phones.
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