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Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confus

Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.

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z3t4 6y ago
In Sweden we have 10Gbe consumer Internet for $40/month
- thejynxed 6y ago
  To be fair, here we have some counties as large as Sweden with fewer people living in them.
  - sollewitt 6y ago
    Sweden is the size of California.
    - jsjohnst 6y ago
      True. It also has one quarter the population too.
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- snovv_crash 6y ago
  ... and then put a wifi router in front of it, am I right?
- myko 6y ago
  I'm paying $50/mo for 1Gb in the US. I thought I was doing well
  - jraph 6y ago
    I am paying 13€/mo for 600M down, 60M up, unlimited (France). The plan is actually 1Gb but this cannot be reached in my flat. But the Internet is slow and/or unreliable in many places in the country side, when available at all. We are far from having these speed on average across the country.
shric 6y ago
Yes, but this is average across the country. Singapore has a rather unfair advantage of being a city state.
- Spooky23 6y ago
  It’s still better than any metro area in the US. The average speed in NYC is 18.2 mbps.
elorant 6y ago
Average speed, not the top available. Singapore has 5,6m citizens and 75% of them have an Internet connection. So an average speed of 197Mbps is pretty impressive.
- im3w1l 6y ago
  When you ask about top of the averages, it becomes critically important at what scale you average and how you gerrymander. Given that Singapore is both a city and a country comparing it to either seems fair.
postingawayonhn 6y ago
> where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). Average is the key word there. Higher speeds may be available but just not used by many people die to cost. In New Zealand for example 95% of the population has access to gigabit (with 10 gigabit being tested in places) speeds but the average download speed is only around 50 mbps due to most people opting for slower/cheaper plans.
- 6510 6y ago
  My ISP in the Netherlands made slow plans only a few euro cheaper than fast ones. 50 mbit = 46.50, 250 mbit = 56.50, 500 mbit = 64.50, 1000 mbit = 76.50

Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.

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z3t4 6y ago

In Sweden we have 10Gbe consumer Internet for $40/month

thejynxed 6y ago
To be fair, here we have some counties as large as Sweden with fewer people living in them.
- sollewitt 6y ago
  Sweden is the size of California.
  - jsjohnst 6y ago
    True. It also has one quarter the population too.
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snovv_crash 6y ago
... and then put a wifi router in front of it, am I right?
myko 6y ago
I'm paying $50/mo for 1Gb in the US. I thought I was doing well
- jraph 6y ago
  I am paying 13€/mo for 600M down, 60M up, unlimited (France). The plan is actually 1Gb but this cannot be reached in my flat. But the Internet is slow and/or unreliable in many places in the country side, when available at all. We are far from having these speed on average across the country.

shric 6y ago

Yes, but this is average across the country. Singapore has a rather unfair advantage of being a city state.

Spooky23 6y ago
It’s still better than any metro area in the US. The average speed in NYC is 18.2 mbps.

elorant 6y ago

Average speed, not the top available. Singapore has 5,6m citizens and 75% of them have an Internet connection. So an average speed of 197Mbps is pretty impressive.

im3w1l 6y ago
When you ask about top of the averages, it becomes critically important at what scale you average and how you gerrymander. Given that Singapore is both a city and a country comparing it to either seems fair.

postingawayonhn 6y ago

> where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). Average is the key word there. Higher speeds may be available but just not used by many people die to cost. In New Zealand for example 95% of the population has access to gigabit (with 10 gigabit being tested in places) speeds but the average download speed is only around 50 mbps due to most people opting for slower/cheaper plans.

6510 6y ago
My ISP in the Netherlands made slow plans only a few euro cheaper than fast ones. 50 mbit = 46.50, 250 mbit = 56.50, 500 mbit = 64.50, 1000 mbit = 76.50