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This is about urban Switzerland. Way out in the country, we still have crap copper up on poles, which maxes out at 25 Mbits. But yes, Swisscom (owners if the o
by jeffrallen 7mo ago
This is about urban Switzerland. Way out in the country, we still have crap copper up on poles, which maxes out at 25 Mbits.
But yes, Swisscom (owners if the old crap copper) do have to let the competitors use it.
- sschueller 7mo agoYes, that is sadly still the case but the expansion of the fiber build out is now rapidly moving forward. By 2030 +90% will have fiber https://www.swisscom.ch/en/about/news/2024/02/08-weniger-kupfer-mehr-glasfaser.html https://www.swisscom.ch/en/about/news/2024/02/08-weniger-kup...
- martinald 7mo agoThat's actually terrible. The UK (which has been a laggard in FTTH in Europe until very recently) is at 84% FTTH coverage already.
- abc03 7mo agoCurrently also have copper and Sunrise cable. Just got the cables to the house two weeks ago. I’m now waiting for the local electricity company to get in-house installation. Everything at no costs. So yes, it’s progressing fast.
- rettichschnidi 7mo agoSwisscom has to do better, as regulated by the government. One can get 80/8 Mbit/s for CHF 65/month: https://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/landline-subscription/basic-service-provision.html https://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/landline-subscription...
- drnick1 7mo ago> 80/8 Mbit/s for CHF 65/month This is a terrible value, and good luck uploading anything at 8Mbps...