Hi from the developed world.. just checked, the slowest available broadband here is 200Mpbs/20Mpbs. Default is 200/200, I and most people I know went with 1000/1000Mpbs.
Thanks for the response! I'm quite jealous. The lowest I've seen for symmetrical 1Gbps here is ~$65, and that's rare.
Any chance I could ask you a few questions about internet access in Denmark? I'm working towards some local improvements here in the U.S. and curious to get some more data points.
If you email me at hnPotterTheOtter ~ gmail it will go to my normal email address.
Also from DK. I have a 1000/1000 connection for approximately 20$ per month
There was talks about upgrading to 10gbit/10gbit for 30$, since the infrastructure can deliver that, but since consumer hardware is still stuck at 1gbit it was postponed until there's actually a market for it
Thanks for the response! I'm quite jealous. The lowest I've seen in the U.S. for symmetrical 1Gbps is ~$65, and that's rare. Even more rare is 10Gbps, and the cheapest I've seen is $250. The best I can get is 940/35, for $120/month :(
Any chance I could ask you a few questions about internet access in Denmark? I'm working towards some local improvements here in the U.S. and curious to get some more data points.
If you email me at hnPotterTheOtter ~ gmail it will go to my normal email address.
I hope you realize that the US is not uniform as a single entity, because I live here, and I can also say "hi from the developed world", given I have at least 2 providers here willing to give me symmetrical 1000Mbps up/down for $50-70 with no data caps (and I have been using one of them for the past 2 years and couldn't be happier). But this is far from being the case everywhere in the US.
It's condescending but there's truth to it. Internet speed in the US is a symptom of a larger issue that the country has with incentives towards good governance, which is more often seen in poorer countries.
