(12-15-2017 01:48 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 01:21 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 12:56 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  There was a discussion on the radio about this and someone called in and claimed that the United States has terrible internet compared to European countries.

Can anyone confirm or deny these claims?

Define "terrible".

If you mean speed, South Korea has the best. Some Western Europe countries average 20-23 Mbps. USA's average is 19 Mbps. You should understand why that is. If you mean freedom, Europe is a joke. They ban and censor everything.

I'm just talking about speed.

What the caller said was that in Europe, there is no such thing as high speed internet because everyone has it. It's just internet.

Well, countries like Denmark and Switzerland average 20 Mbps. Italy and Spain are 5 mbps. We have 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps), so just like universal health care, it sounds like they think what they are given is the best because they aren't aware that better quality even exists.

Tim Pool always complains about how bad the internet is in Europe when he's over there doing his reporting.