It seems the European internet connections have a higher performance than the American counterparts. I have seen a lot of 100Mb/s connections in Europe.
Often it seems also at lower prices.
I live twenty minutes from one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world... so the argument that US is huge and the problem is geographic is complete BS.
Currently my bill is $50/month. The speed I'm getting at home, 20mbps down, 2mbps up, is supposedly already in the lower end of the "high performance" category.
In order to go up to 100 down, 20 up, it would be $100 a month. There is no option at all, short of spending A LOT more to increase the upload speed... which to me is nuts.
What's even more crazy is that the speed offered to businesses is often even less! Typically at triple the price.
In the US, competition is supposed to drive up performance and drive down prices. Unfortunately what most often happens is the larger companies simply reach agreements among themselves, so as not to compete, and split the areas geographically.
Seems like there is a never ending cycle of regulation, deregulation, and re-regulation. The consumer gets shafted at every step along the way.
Sorry for the rant.... I'm very particular when it comes to my online experience
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