Compared to the US, unfortunately, it is. I have Verizon FiOS in a major metropolitan center and only get about 200MB both ways. And that's not even the base pl

Compared to the US, unfortunately, it is. I have Verizon FiOS in a major metropolitan center and only get about 200MB both ways. And that's not even the base plan, that's an upgraded plan. As with most things like this in the US, the cause is privatization of things that should be public utilities and unchecked monopolistic behavior. In most places you have exactly one choice in internet service provider, so they give you what they give you at the price they ask and you deal with it or you don't have home internet. And in 2011? Forget about it. I had crappy copper-wire DSL in 2011 and was glad for it.