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It seems to me France also has a comparable surface, although with more concentrated population centers.

Glawen 7y ago
France 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 ago
  Isn't Internet in France supposedly really cheap and very fast?
  - hocuspocus 7y ago
    Yes 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 ago
    France 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 ago
  The 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.

France 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 ago
Isn't Internet in France supposedly really cheap and very fast?
- hocuspocus 7y ago
  Yes 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 ago
  France 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 ago
The 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.