• ALERT
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    291 year ago

    Here in Ukraine we got 1000 mbit even in small villages via optic. For 7.5$/month. For the last 10 years at least. Before that the standard was 100 mbit ethernet. 20 years ago the standard was 30 mbit via coaxial tv cable.

    • Madbrad200
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      61 year ago

      Here in the UK, I can get 1GB up/down for about £30 ($38, or ₴1,434.60).

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        In the US you’re lucky to get those speeds and you’re lucky to spend less than $100 for it while also having a data cap of like 10TB/month.

        Our government gave cable companies tax cuts and shit to encourage them to provide internet and most of the just bought out their competitors and formed pseudo monopolies.

        • ALERT
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          31 year ago

          This is disgusting :( I am greatful that consumer markets in Ukraine, despite the corruption, have always been ~80% open for natural evolution.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            The US is a pile of companies in a trench coat masquerading as a democracy. It’s why the average American is 38 years old while the average senator is 65 and the average House Rep is 58. Why something like 70% of Americans support universal healthcare but it never goes anywhere in Congress. Why we have infrastructure that is falling apart but the military gets a constantly increasing budget. Why we have a life expectancy lower than Cuba now with a literacy rate below most developed countries and an average hours worked above the Japanese.

    • voxel
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      1 year ago

      from Ukraine too, can confirm.
      still using 100mbps because it’s dirt cheap and I don’t really need more yet.