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Re:The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) by zhte415 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:53AM (#24249875)
I do not regard the parent as cherry picking data at all.

I travel a lot, internet experience varies wildly especially in locations where restrictions are in place. For example typing this on a phone in a coffee shop in China, VPNd as for some non-reason HackerNews is blocked.

MBps has with it a lot of nuance, and then infra.

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Re:The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) by fareesh on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:48AM (#24252318)
1GB in India is pretty cheap+good. A small amount of stupid censorship but otherwise pretty solid.

I lived in Canada for about ten years. It's a ridiculously expensive place in terms of food and internet costs. At the time I was pleased because the best connections we had in India were 1Mbps. When I moved back I was happy to see we had way better internet, digital payments and banking services.

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Re:The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) by NeutronStar on Sunday August 23, 2020 @07:18AM (#24251119)
Maybe if you compared the EU to NA, and ME with other ME, and SEA with other SEA you would have less cherry picking going on. Apples to apples.
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Re:The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) by zhte415 on Monday August 24, 2020 @10:22PM (#24267613)
The internet in MY is pretty different from VN, or even a skip across the border to SG. Not easy to pick a spot on the globe and assume everything in the vicinity is the same. Even ISPs in the US.
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