EPTsadly...in Australia, compared to most countries in the world we pay quite a lot more for internet, that is substantially slower.
Which country has the fastest Internet? - Page 4
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DropTester
Australia608 Posts
sadly...in Australia, compared to most countries in the world we pay quite a lot more for internet, that is substantially slower. | ||
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Phenny
Australia1435 Posts
I was of the opinion it's like magical and ahead of the rest of the world to a very significant degree, hmm... | ||
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
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Deleted User 124618
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
That means my home internet speed is better than Korea's average woohoo. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
On April 29 2012 16:19 Phenny wrote: So is glorious Sweeden's internet not all it's cracked up to be? I was of the opinion it's like magical and ahead of the rest of the world to a very significant degree, hmm... Remember that SK is pretty much a metropolis: there aren't that big of a part of the country with low tech compared to just about every other country on this list. For example, it doesn't really matter how good internet the major cities have over here, given how much worse it is for the huge part of Sweden with a low population. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
The cost factor is a big deal. I live in a major US city. Providers offer 55 Mbps services for about $80/month here. Nobody uses it. It's not the technology, it's the way the industry works. The US government has no plans to compete in high-speed broadband service, hence the costs are on the private companies and are prohibitive for average users. The SK government subsidized SK internet providers to develop the infrastructure and provide cheap services. It's a strategic goal of theirs, whereas it is not for us. Were high-speed broadband to become a strategic priority, the US and Europe doesn't lack the technology. | ||
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EvilLiBraRian
South Africa43 Posts
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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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Mondieu
Romania803 Posts
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h41fgod
Sweden377 Posts
Here is a little criticism of the report: http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/04/the-akamai-speed-report-is-skewed-too/ Here is the data from speedtest.net, also skewed, but hey, http://www.netindex.com/download/. Essentially? South Korea has the fastest internet in the world. 3g connection speeds have lowered the average connection speed of countries with high adoption rates. The data from other sources look completely different. | ||
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Nihilnovi
Sweden696 Posts
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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sertas
Sweden890 Posts
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xsnac
Barbados1365 Posts
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Art_of_Kill
Zaire1232 Posts
i have 64MB/s download and 10MB/s upload, the max speed i can get is 254MB/s download and 128MB/s upload what does it matter to me how fast the internet in a farm or a small village 100km away from me can be what funny is, is that i have faster speed on my phone then the world average | ||
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lost_artz
United States366 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.speedtest.net/result/1921874922.png) yay me :D | ||
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Herfelt
Denmark89 Posts
Source (in danish): http://ing.dk/artikel/128563-dtu-rekord-et-vigtigt-skridt-mod-lynhurtigt-traadloest-internet | ||
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deichkind
Sweden347 Posts
http://www.weforum.org/reports Global Information Techonlogy Report, report takes into account stuff like innovations and infrastructre. | ||
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NonFactor
Sweden698 Posts
On April 29 2012 16:19 Phenny wrote: So is glorious Sweeden's internet not all it's cracked up to be? I was of the opinion it's like magical and ahead of the rest of the world to a very significant degree, hmm... Nope, it still is what it's cracked up to be. | ||
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