“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shithole country”

Re:“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shit... by CaptainZapp on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:28AM (#26553742)

I have 10GB up and down.

The whole city of Zurich is fibered (mostly built by the public power utility) and you're free to chose between a variety of suppliers.

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Re:“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shit... by justinclift on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @08:29AM (#26554228)

Interesting. Sounds like people there could setup a bunch of racks in a spare room and provide co-location services to their friends?

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Re:“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shit... by CaptainZapp on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @08:37AM (#26554281)

Maybe to clarify: Not every home is necessarily attached to fiber. That's still up to the landlord / renter.

Swisscom had a really sweet deal a few years ago (when only parts of the city had fiber), where they paid for the home installation as long as you signed up for 12 month or longer.

Bin there ever since (not always with that speed, initially it was something like 100 up and down. GB fiber was still pretty expensive) and never regretted it.

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