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In countries that are very light on regulation there (I think I recall Brazil having this) you'll see messes of Ethernet hanging around, with dead cables still
by smolder 6y ago
In countries that are very light on regulation there (I think I recall Brazil having this) you'll see messes of Ethernet hanging around, with dead cables still present. Unsurprisingly, they do provide a lot of bandwidth for a small price, comparitively.
- takeda 6y agoThat's also how Romania is (or at least was) one of countries with fast and cheap internet. It started with the government telco not being interested in Internet. So people started running Ethernet cables, first to neighbors, then to other buildings. It started as having local networks to share files. Eventually those network got connected to Internet. If the price or quality of service provided is not satisfactory they can switch to another ISP. The bad part as you said is the huge number of ugly looking wires[1] [1] https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-many-internet-cables-on-lamp-post-in-bucharest-romania-36410414.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-many-internet-cables-on-la...