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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by bruceb on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:17AM (#26086419)
A bit of apples to mangos comparison. California is a big state. There is gig internet available depends where you live. India the internet speed would vary based where you live. Also US internet in general will be more reliable, won't go out when it rains hard.

With all that said yeah US is behind for wide spread fast internet.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:20AM (#26086433)
Yes, and north Hollywood isn’t exactly a rural backwater
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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by serf on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:49AM (#26086882)
you're right -- but it's not a good way to compare an entire country.

example : I live in a rural backwater part of the United States and I have access to gigabit+ ISPs.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by bruceb on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:22AM (#26086448)
absolutely, its shameful.
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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:00AM (#26087691)
"Also US internet in general will be more reliable, won't go out when it rains hard."

Why do you believe that US internet is any more reliable than any other, especially since many countries have fiber to home?

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by bruceb on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:39PM (#26106107)
This was a specific reference to the comment above about the cost in India. Yes in general would say more reliable than India.
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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by shadeslayer_ on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:16AM (#26087808)
Off the top of my head, my connection has only had ~8 hours of downtime over the last six months. That is around 99% uptime.
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