nixCraft 🐧Poll: What kind of internet connection do you primarily use?
Fiber optic broadband
Mobile data (4G/5G)
Cable
Other/reply below
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Vile Lasagna@nixCraft Germany. I miss decent internet so much
Taffer 🇨🇦
@VileLasagna @nixCraft here in podunk Woodstock, Ontario, a town of about 50k people, I can get 3Gbps symmetrical fibre.
We’re moving back to Waterloo, which has two world-class universities, frequently calls itself Silicon Valley North, and about 600k people, and the best I can get is the 1G/50Mbps cable I had five years ago.
Glad I didn’t upgrade here, it would be a huge letdown.
@Taffer I mean, back when I was in backwater sheep country Aotearoa Zealand, one day a guy just showed up and wired fiber straight into my living room. I didn't even end up using because the Cable connection I had gave me already like 900Mbps down was and way cheaper
Here in "First world Europa" I'm back to just shitty DSL and I'm supposed to be thankful for it
@Taffer And, same thing, I'm in Hamburg. This is like a traditional hub of cutting edge science and whatnot. I work on top of a frikkin particle accelerator and live within walking distance from it so you'd THINK I was in an area where I could expect some bloody infrastructure
@VileLasagna you can always tell where the big, old telecoms companies are coasting
@Taffer Neoliberal privatisation did not, in fact, improve ANY services anywhere! WHO WOULD'VE GUESSED?!?!?!