Why is internet speed so shitty in America compared to South Korea and Japan?
>>80574169
big
old infrastructure. we had it first. it's harder to replace than it is to build something new. jewgle fiber is getting there though
Their country is smaller also their governments subsidize those companies. Similar reason to why their subways are faster, cleaner and on time. They build on top of existing knowledge. For our internet to get that fast, we'd have to make a similar investment like Eisenhower did for the interstate highways
Source: lived in Asia for more than a year
>>80574169
Exclusivity deals with local municipalities.
Basically Monopolizing a service area.
>>80574169
south korea is smaller than most states. Imagine if the entire US was condensed into one state.
Try living in this shitstain of a country
>>80574169
Considering half of Congress is senile fucks that don't know what the internet is, the internet we get isn't half.bad
>>80574169
ISPs basically have legal monopolies, so the incentive to create faster internet to compete with other companies doesn't exist.
>>80574358
That would mean living closer to blacks, mexicans and muslims. No thanks.
>>80574169
maybe youre just a poorfag, you get what you pay for here
If you live in a major US city you can get internet on par with that in Japan. Consider the fact that half of Japan lives in the Tokyo metro area. Now consider that most of America lives in the middle of fucking nowhere.
>>80574309
We did subsidize our companies, they just did fuck all with the money.
>>80574658
>Most of America lives in the middle of fucking nowhere.
You don't know "middle of fucking nowhere" until you've visited Alice Springs.
I don't think this meme is true anymore.
>>80574169
((Who)) knows?
>>80574754
Alice Springs isn't in the middle of fucking nowhere you fucking normie. Try the Tanami desert track.
>>80574694
What's it like there? I'm curious because I have ancestry that traces back to the islands.
>>80574625
Dude get out of server room
>2016
>Not living in the USA, using Google Fiber with your own botnet free equipment.
git gud
>>80574169
Because the internet up until recently in america, was completely unregulated. Telecoms could charge a fortune for shitty networks and never upgrade their networks with all that cash. Telecoms in the US are designed to make senior executives obscenely wealthy.
>>80574169
The US is fucking HUGE and we are very spread out.
>>80574358
Niggers everywhere
>>80574851
It depends where youre at, but most of this place is just rice fields and shit, jeeps everywhere, street food, shitty roads, shitty internet. And a shit ton of islands lol
>>80574846
What fucking Amerifag is going to know about that? Springs is well known world wide as being in the middle of fuck-all nowhere.
>mfw 300 up and down synchronous speeds
because, how would you train your starcraft skill if it wasn't?
>>80574169
> internet
> so shitty in America
NSA
>>80574169
It's all a matter of perspective. I started out with a 300baud accoustic coupler.
>>80574169
(((You Know Who)))
>>80574514
this
and most americans don't realize that our internet is much shittier than it could be so most think they're getting their money's worth
>>80575393
This. NSA spybots need to watch all this traffic you know.
>>80574625
the best most expensive internet service in the US pales in comparison to run of the mill service in South Korea.
>>80574169
filters are so dense
A stable 50 mbps connection is more than fine for 90% of people. You don't need Google fiber to shitpost on 4chan and check Facebook.
>>80575609
if you get a gazillion gigabits, that's from you to the city centre. They often cannot backup international peering with these speeds, so international stuff is slow while your connection isn't used.
>>80574288
Lol Google fiber.
Let's put it in perspective, I live in a rural area and it's not even PLANNED for the nearest big cities. New York, Philly, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc.... and it's been 5 years
>>80575783
so, the run-of-the-mill might not be as great as it seems.
Its also mobile internet
Back home in NL, have 4G everywhere. Even in the subway and inside giant buildings. Never loose connection.
The same in the UK
Visit NYC
Drops out sometimes, no connection in the subway. Middle of macys, no connection. Also not in the fucking elevator at my hotel in the middle of fucking Manhattan.
It keeps dropping every hour or so
Tried T-mobile, AT&T and Verizon whatever
>>80574169
>mfw 1gbps/200mbps for just 13 euros
>>80574169
Japan hasn't had great internet in comparison to the USA for some time now lol
>>80574658
>most of America lives in the middle of fucking nowhere.
typical of /pol, you couldn't be more wrong.
80% of America lives in urban/suburban areas.
www.reuters.com/article/usa-cities-population-idUSL2E8EQ5AJ20120326
>Mar 26, 2012 - In 2010, a total of 80.7 percent of Americans lived in urban areas, up from 79 percent in 2000.
As said before on this thread, monopolies enforced by the government allow most USA high use areas to be fucked over.
Also the rise of the "Clinton Democrats" in the 90s helped the Republicans cement this in place.
Guys could be worse, you could be living in a Shit country like flag related and have the worst service ever.
>>80574487
A least you're not australia.
Tiny abbot and the liberals literally sabotaged the NBN and used the excuse 'people only use the internet to download videos'. It was actually to make rupert Murdoch more money, though
>>80576851
FUCK OFF STUPID GYPPO
FCC
>>80574948
>unregulated
Where does this meme come from? Telecoms are the most regulated thing in the US next to the abortion pill. FCC sells of freq in auctions, huge monopolies sit on them doing nothing so they can keep charging for their monopoly.
They arrest people even running tiny offline networks like the Athens community network because they don't comply with federal Telecom guidelines. Clowns like Sen. Schumer and every other corrupt politician is responsible for the shit state of US internets compared to total unregulated areas in Asia or even Africa
>>80577969
suburban is still more stretched out than megametropoles like tokyo
when does it stop being suburban and start being rural?
>>80575590
you are a traitor snowden
>>80574169
We're big
ISPs are all jews with monopolies
>>80574328
This.
>>80579035
Again the big meme.
The ocean is big yet we can communicate across it. The sole reason for the shit state of Telecom/ISP speeds in N. America was corrupt Telecoms of the 1980s and 90s literally bought their way into a total monopoly and did fuck nothing to improve service because why would they, they have a monopoly.
>>80579225
>The ocean is big yet we can communicate across it.
crowdfunding :)
>>80578635
no need for useless insults m8, you on the other hand have abos and some more un-touched parts of earths
