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This is what economic protectionism (for which Germany is famous for) and lack of competition leads to - no investments in the infrastructure.
by franczesko 7y ago
This is what economic protectionism (for which Germany is famous for) and lack of competition leads to - no investments in the infrastructure.
- StreamBright 7y agoThey do that with cars as well. I was shocked to figure out how bad some of their cars are compare to Asian or other European brands.
- sgt101 7y agoLike the lemons made by BMW, Mercedes and Audi? No single person ever said "I'll pay a premium for an M3"!
- StreamBright 7y agoMercedes is what I have the most experience with. There is actually a class action lawsuit against them in the US because of their faulty AC. This is insane, a supposedly premium brand cannot install a working AC. I think I just keep purchasing Asian brands for now. https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/868955-mercedes-benz-class-action-lawsuit-says-hvac-systems-emit-mold-smell/ https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news...
- alkonaut 7y agoNational backbone level internet should be large government infrastructure projects. It’s like roads and railways. Competition works on the roads, but works poorly for constructing them. Infrastructure within cities and to premises can work though.
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoGermany has at least a dozen "backbones" from different companies. The problems mentioned result from stupid last mile politics and practice, which factually deny affordable access for endusers to these.
- alkonaut 7y agoRegional nets should be regional politics. Just like for national infrastructure, the best thing for a city to do is probably to invest in subsidizing fiber and then have companies compete providing the service. Having providers dig their own cables and then get a monopoly in them is pretty bad in comparison.