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I'd agree with this comment if it was 2010. But today the US has good internet speeds -- in general much better than Europe despite it's bigger geographic size
by nostromo 3y ago
I'd agree with this comment if it was 2010. But today the US has good internet speeds -- in general much better than Europe despite it's bigger geographic size and less-dense population.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/internet-speeds-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/internet-...
- fulafel 3y agoDespite the category mismatch (continent vs country) .. Europe and USA have very similar population densities (~35 p/km2) [0] [1] [2] [3] Also, many sparsely populated European countries have relatively good internet speeds (eg Iceland, Sweden). [0] https://database.earth/population/europe/density https://database.earth/population/europe/density [1] https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/europe-population/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/europe-popula... [2] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/european-countries-by-population-density.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/european-countries-by-po... [3] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?locations=US https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?locations=U...