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by the_mitsuhiko 2805 days ago
This is ridiculous. And in Vienna the max you can get over fiber is 300/30 for twice the price of that.
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Australia: where the govt spends $40bn on broadband infrastructure and we still only get 100/40 unlimited for $79 (with an ISP with decent peering; you can get it cheaper but nooooo)

(you can get 250/100 but that caps you at 3TB and costs $250/mo)

EDIT: scratch that, it’s up to $51bn

Should probably note that most people cant get 100/40, are on ADSL3.5 (VDSL2) and the NBN Co only guarantee 25/5... for $51 bn. The network was already antiquated before they even began building it and will need to spend another $51bn right away to install labours FTTH. Their pipe dreams about 5G saving the day are rubbish. Its so bad some politician thought it reasonable to charge the AU ppl $35k/yr for his internet bill at home(4G + over data). /sigh
Be grateful, I'm sitting in metropolitan Melbourne and am stuck with ADSL until 2020, when we will be "upgraded" to decades-old HFC.
Behold Canada, I pay about twice as much for 120/20 Internet only.
Beanfield in Toronto: 1000/1000 for 100 cad / month.
Just looked, UPC wants 45€/m for 300/30 over coax. Fiber would be so nice though.
Yeah, coax is also what most people use I think because it's that much cheaper.
Wellington, New Zealand, 1 Gbit / sec, unlimited, 65 USD / month