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I live in Eastern Europe and I have gigabit ftth at the price of $12 per month. I guess that the US free market is just not as free. WTH.
by gostsamo 6y ago
I live in Eastern Europe and I have gigabit ftth at the price of $12 per month. I guess that the US free market is just not as free. WTH.
- teruakohatu 6y agoI live in New Zealand and I have a wide choice fo gigabit ISPs but only one city-owned physical network. I would pay $66 USD. A free market certainly has an effect on price, but so does regulations, population density etc. In my case I can only get gigabit due to huge government subsidies to build out the network, and for international outgoing data only two fiber optic cables (one to Australia, one to the USA).
- gostsamo 6y agoThe guys here are using the old telephony channels and infrastructure. The old state monopoly definitely helped building the infra once, but not sure what else is needed. Back in the nineties the government didn't have an idea what internet is and people just did it. TBH, due to consolidation of the market, the big telecom customers are worse and we are no longer in the top 10 of the world for speed/price ranking, but if you find a small provider, they actually care to provide you with decent service. Especially for NZ, isn't the population density high enough? Always thought that two islands are not that much space for few million people.
- teruakohatu 6y ago> Especially for NZ, isn't the population density high enough? Always thought that two islands are not that much space for few million people. We are ranked 166th by population density and our cities are usually small and almost always spread out.
- duxup 6y agoThe telecom market in the US is dominated by a handful of large companies, there is virtually no competition.
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