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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by porkbeer on Sunday January 29, 2023 @12:47PM (#34570580)
Outside cities, the network situation is pretty bad. I am in an affluent suburb and my only option is 4mb/200k. No that is not a typo. Broadband coverage is still pretty spotty in the usa.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by disordinary on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:16PM (#34584956)
Wow, we have fibre to about 90% of the population and ripped out copper a few years ago. In rural areas there is government subsidised 4g internet and in the most rural it's government subsidised satellite.

I was in Korea for work and it seemed the same there, I was even in eastern Europe visiting family and it was a pretty similar story. So I figured it was pretty universal. Although I know that Australia isn't in a good space with broadband simply because of politics and companies not wanting to work together, I'd assumed they were an outlier

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by throwaway2037 on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:45PM (#34589750)
You wrote:

    we have fibre to about 90% of the population
Australia? NBN (National Broadband Network) is the only one I can think of...

Real Question: On paper, NBN is an insane human development achievement. Why do so many non-urban Ozzies on HN complain about lousy Internet access? Honestly, I don't believe it. Send them to Germany for a year, and they will see how bad it can be. (HN is full of funny stories from Germans about how bad is their broadband.)

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by disordinary on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:22PM (#34591038)
No, New Zealand with UFB which is fibre to the door for about 90% of the population with rural broadband initiatives for the remaining 10%.
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