rk1079

Actually inet7 in der Schweiz offers 25000 as their standard fibre package. Hardware for this is prohibitively expensive for most but it's great that they are pushing for more adoption by allowing those on a plan to speed up if they want to

I have some of these too.

- technologies had to be evaluated to be allowed on the network. This process took years. Git (as a replacement for subversion) had been in evaluation for over 14 years at the time.

- network authentication mechanisms made building an http/s Webservice internally impossible without the security teams approval which takes months.

- ironically the 'rules' around 'security' were regularly broken and not audited when it was convenient for someone with the clout to make something happen.

My experience with at least ex McKinsey consultants was that they did not come across as particularly open or ethical and just did what looked good on paper.

This is also the case (tax not fine) in Melbourne Australia. Largely because of the perception that many high-end properties are being used to park money by overseas investors and left empty.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/06/victo...