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It's really funny to read "I live in the middle of no fucking where and I all I have is a shitty DSL. Why won't the ISP pay $100k to deploy a cable just for me?
by undfg 5y ago
It's really funny to read "I live in the middle of no fucking where and I all I have is a shitty DSL. Why won't the ISP pay $100k to deploy a cable just for me?"
They think it's any better in Europe? In the places where it is better it's because the government has given the isps a lot of money. Money that would be much better spent elsewhere, as I believe if you want good services you have to move to the cities - you shouldn't ask the rest of the country to subsidise your lifestyle.
- anonymoushn 5y agoLots of people live in cities in the US and only have a shitty DSL.
- rhino369 5y agoEvery single AirBnB I’ve stayed at in Europe has shitty DSL too.
- bserge 5y agoLook at Romania. It is pretty similar to the US in density and number of small towns per capita I believe, and ISPs deliver fiber to shitty little towns with 5000 people for the same price as in the city. Somehow the United States can't do that? Then look at Germany, they're squeezing up to 300 Mbps out of copper (really impressive tbh, but it's no fiber) and 4G is atrocious. The UK fairs much better in both. Spain seems to be quietly ahead of both in fiber. It's all about people and politics, not technology or distance when it comes to good Internet.
- Bayart 5y agoThe reverse argument makes as much, if not more, sense : rents in cities are far too high, the economy is too concentrated and it has negative side effects on quality of life, health, political stability, wealth disparity and growth. Deploying more infrastructure to cheaper areas and insentivizing decentralization helps solving that.