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I can tell you for sure, why Lithuania has fibre and 4G across country. Most EU money are invested into country's infrastructure, there were lots of debates wh
by alandarev 12y ago
I can tell you for sure, why Lithuania has fibre and 4G across country.
Most EU money are invested into country's infrastructure, there were lots of debates whether it is wise, as infrastructure by itself does not boost production. I can just assume that Romania and many other East Europe countries did the same.. It is not cheap at all to fiber up whole conutry, but when you have "free" money to spend, it suddenly becomes an attractive laundering option.
In my opinion, saying that country X has fast internet because users desire is a wild guess and only. I am sure Americans love watching video and skype'ing too.
- PeterisP 12y agoI'd attribute it to the lack of pre-entrenched cable TV service. If you want to connect a home, then the expensive part is laying the cables. If you've put in copper already, then putting in fiber is expensive; but if you're putting in a cable now (or recently) then putting fiber instead of (or in addition to) copper is cheap.
- dzhiurgis 12y agoStop talking shit. 4G coverage is not across the country, although not too bad, but its only one provider. Look at 4G coverage in Sweden. EU money was used to fund RAIN and RAIN2 projects - connect the main cities and then rent out the lines to ISPs. The (Swedish) monopolist ISP had reasonably smart CEO who realised that laying last mile in fiber costs same as laying it copper, but you'll lock-in your users for decades, no competition will ever be able to compete with that. And the main reason of cheap fiber installation was fact that majority of people live in blocked houses, so population density is really high. Now look at households in US - massive houses, separated by massive land. One US house is probably equal to 20-30 Lithuanian families.