Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
by MeinBlutIstBlau on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @02:31PM
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I wonder if that might be because wired is still somewhat of a luxury compared to most that the ISP's aren't held back by the service they offer since there are so few utilizing the bandwidth.
I take it you've never been to Cape Town?
It's much, MUCH more developed than you're thinking. Hundreds of thousands of people in a very beautiful and modern city.
Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
by Rebelgecko on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:31PM
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When I went to Cape Town the internet was awful. Super slow (at least for US/EU sites) and with very restrictive data caps (IIRC, 10GB per month). That was circa 2008 so perhaps things are better now
Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
by MeinBlutIstBlau on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:16AM
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10GB a month? Jeez what were you doing? Streaming videos all day!?
Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
by the_only_law on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:17AM
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Is that considered a lot, especially for home internet? I was busting 3-5x that a couple years ago on mobile data alone.
Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
by MeinBlutIstBlau on Thursday October 29, 2020 @06:49PM
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I was mostly joking but 10GB even in 2008 still isn't a lot. 300gb hard drives were pretty common. Although I bet you could've got a lot more out of that 10GB than you can now what with the absurd amount of ads and excessive bloat on websites nowadays.
Internet connectivity is MUCH better than you're thinking. 3G and 4G in every town big enough to have a gas station.
The wired internet was so fast in Nairobi and Cape Town I legitimately thought something was wrong. After living in the US, Canada and Australia I've never used internet even half that fast, it was mind bending.