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Also, speeds in Europe have been on average worse than the USA, despite their strong NN laws https://www.fastmetrics.com/internet-connection-speed-by-country.ph

Also, speeds in Europe have been on average worse than the USA, despite their strong NN laws https://www.fastmetrics.com/internet-connection-speed-by-country.php https://www.fastmetrics.com/internet-connection-speed-by-cou... They have even had to ration internet during COVID https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/03/19/internet-use-could-rationed-prioritise-health-services-online/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/03/19/internet-u... Although I despise our internet oligopoly in the US, in the EU it seems to be even worse despite their heavy handed regulation.

fakedang 6y ago
The EU is a whole different level of incompetent, but attributing that to regulation alone would be misleading. For one, Europe is much denser than the US. Naturally net loads would be high if everyone were forced into a lock down uniformly, with armed patrols and the like.
Rebelgecko 6y ago
Was the internet rationing in the EU even necessary, or was it just a knee-jerk solution to a problem that didn't actually exist? At the time it seemed like the latter. Presumably Amazon, Netflix and friends are back to full bitrates now, has it caused any problems? Edit: although if the EU requests to slow down data were totally unnecessarily it certainly doesn't disprove your point about excessive regulation