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> In Italy we are at 78% of addresses covered > UK is at 85% FTTH [on a sibling comment] Meanwhile I have 1 Gb/s FTTH in an Italian village of less than 100 s
by sph 2mo ago
> In Italy we are at 78% of addresses covered
> UK is at 85% FTTH [on a sibling comment]
Meanwhile I have 1 Gb/s FTTH in an Italian village of less than 100 souls, while I couldn’t reach 300 Mbit/s on copper in London zone 4.
I have been surprised at how well they have improved the situation in Italy, and in dismay at how terrible it is in UK.
- sonar_un 2mo agoThe UK is absolutely terrible. I've noticed this quite a bit in my travels there.
- Symbiote 2mo agoAverage speeds are higher in the UK than Italy. My brother in the UK has 1Gb/s fibre in a village of less than 100. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_connection_speeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_...
- sph 2mo agoWell I guess I must have been unlucky in 13 years in 5 flats around London with an average broadband speed of ~150 Mb/s
- rsynnott 2mo agoIt’s not uncommon for cities to be worse than rural areas now. In Ireland, nearly all rural premises have 10gbit-capable fibre available (will be literally all by early next year) but parts of central Dublin are stuck with VDSL. Retrofitting in cities can be quite slow and expensive.