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Isn't Internet in France supposedly really cheap and very fast?
by noja 7y ago
Isn'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-...