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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't (sschueller.github.io)

submitted 5 months ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

Uh, most don't. But 1 Gb is common in cities, while the many villages have at least 100 Mb.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Yes but even then the advertised speed is much lower or variable dependent on local loads. Even in cities it's usually regional cartels and downtime and service issues are not taken seriously.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago

Also bit vs. Byte.

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