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by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 1610 days ago
That's maybe the truth for urban aeras but suburban and rural areas in most of europe had no or really restricted broadband access until the last 5 years. Standard upload speeds are still 20mbits or even lower. We are not speaking about consuming we are also speaking about creating content or contributing to communities. If you are a family of four with two children with your children engaging in gaming or online communities, it's very hard to come by with just 100/20.