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The broadband situation in smaller towns and villages in germany is horrible - it's an issue that has long been neglected here. I have to deal with a 1 Mb down/
by thirdsun 12y ago
The broadband situation in smaller towns and villages in germany is horrible - it's an issue that has long been neglected here. I have to deal with a 1 Mb down/128 Kb up (yes, those are bits...obviously) DSL line in a village with a population of about 1000.
Recently we got LTE, which i hope isn't meant to be a serious alternative to proper DSL/cable as the volume limit renders it close to unusable (15 GB or 30 GB for additional costs, every GB above that will require additional 5€). Furthermore connections are dropped frequently and it feels as if the local LTE access point is already at its limit during peak hours. LTE just isn't an alternative.
Unfortunately I fear that this is all that is planned for our region as part of the so called broadband initiative.
- jacquesm 12y agoI love comments like these. Imagine that, we're complaining about having only 1mbps down and 128kbps up. And that's wireless. That's amazing in a way. Progress is so subtle that what would have been an incredible feat of advanced magic less than 2 decades ago is now considered to be anaemic and practically unusable. To me this is a sign of huge progress, not only do we expect multiple mbps connections for our pocket computers, we're upset when we don't get that level of performance even in the backwaters of our societies.
- mkesper 12y agoLet's face it: Without acceptable internet access, you're dead.
- johnpickens 12y agoThis is the best comment I've ever read. Seriously though, when it comes to business an internet presence is practically a necessity at this point.