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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:19 AsmodeusXI wrote: If I move anywhere for the internet speeds, I'll move to Korea not Euroland kthx. Doesn't Sweden have comparable internal infrastructure with way way better external connections? | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
the Euroland is just the best place to live in overall also, Korean laws against internet harassment are more harsh than in EU, so that's massive + for the Euroland too | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
also England is like the worst part of Euroland. They aren't part of the Shengen Area, they have laws against violent pornography and more. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:30 Scip wrote: Streaming ranked5s right now! twitch.tv/Scipaeus also England is like the worst part of Euroland. They aren't part of the Shengen Area, they have laws against violent pornography and more. Neither of those sound like downsides to non-Scips. | ||
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:32 jcarlsoniv wrote: everybody everybody everybody livin' now, everybody everybody everybody sucks Why are you so mean to Frudgey or Wave? | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:09 jcarlsoniv wrote: I just hope that American internet structures and ISPs get fixed sometime in the next decade... In my neck of the woods, 100Mbps is offered. Internet speeds in the US are held down by the government and updated to infrastructure take FOREVER because of how much land has to be covered. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:45 Gahlo wrote: In my neck of the woods, 100Mbps is offered. Internet speeds in the US are held down by the government and updated to infrastructure take FOREVER because of how much land has to be covered. From what I understand, this is not true. Competition between ISPs may be constricted by local governments (in no small part due to lobbying), but the speeds are completely up to the ISPs themselves. Just yesterday, there was a reddit thread about how certain ISPs were doubling (and sometimes more than that) the speeds of consumers in the area where Google Fiber is being installed/exists. The capability for the speed is there - maybe not 1gig speeds, but higher speeds than are currently provided are possible. The ISPs have no reason to provide better speeds because there's no competition for the vast majority of the country. I agree that infrastructure is an issue due to the size of the country. However, IIRC, a decade ago, ISPs were given some ~$20 billion (this figure could be off) in government subsidies to upgrade their infrastructure. Guess what they didn't really do. Google Fiber is proving that it is completely possible (and 100% desired) to get the infrastructure in place and speeds increased by magnitudes for a totally reasonable price. Chattanooga, TN is another example - they have municipal infrastructures for internet service, and they are getting connection speeds rivaling Google Fiber for equally reasonable pricing. | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
yeah basically what soniv said | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:59 jcarlsoniv wrote: From what I understand, this is not true. Competition between ISPs may be constricted by local governments (in no small part due to lobbying), but the speeds are completely up to the ISPs themselves. Just yesterday, there was a reddit thread about how certain ISPs were doubling (and sometimes more than that) the speeds of consumers in the area where Google Fiber is being installed/exists. The capability for the speed is there - maybe not 1gig speeds, but higher speeds than are currently provided are possible. The ISPs have no reason to provide better speeds because there's no competition for the vast majority of the country. I agree that infrastructure is an issue due to the size of the country. However, IIRC, a decade ago, ISPs were given some ~$20 billion (this figure could be off) in government subsidies to upgrade their infrastructure. Guess what they didn't really do. Google Fiber is proving that it is completely possible (and 100% desired) to get the infrastructure in place and speeds increased by magnitudes for a totally reasonable price. Chattanooga, TN is another example - they have municipal infrastructures for internet service, and they are getting connection speeds rivaling Google Fiber for equally reasonable pricing. Then I guess the person I talked to that works in the ISP business off the record was misinformed. Also, I'm pretty sure there's a 0% chance of Google Fiber ever making it to me, because I'm basically living in a small village within sight of Comcast Castle. | ||
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ketchup
14521 Posts
On August 06 2014 17:58 Cixah wrote: Did Eppa ever give Soniv a song to sing? If he doesn't we'll give it until mondayish. After that Ketchup gets to pick. I didn't really plan on anything for that bet. I didn't really expect to end up 2nd place in the league. I say you should make a poll of songs, and have OT vote on which one he has to sing. | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
On August 07 2014 02:38 ketchup wrote: I didn't really plan on anything for that bet. I didn't really expect to end up 2nd place in the league. I say you should make a poll of songs, and have OT vote on which one he has to sing. This is a much better idea. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
If it dropped to me I was going to make him sing the Selfie song because Sony picked him. >=[ | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23342 Posts
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Shelke14
Canada6655 Posts
On August 07 2014 01:22 Numy wrote: Doesn't Sweden have comparable internal infrastructure with way way better external connections? Going to Korea for the internet speed is just a cover for getting his yellow fever fill | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On August 07 2014 02:49 WaveofShadow wrote: I recommend 'My Immortal' by Evanescence. queuing up falsetto | ||
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