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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026
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I would be happy to have any fiber at all. The only options here are satellite and DSL. The DSL is basically unusable and only available to existing customers. I'm pretty sure the ISP wants to make everyone cancel so they don't have to maintain the copper lines anymore.
Same here. I have 80-90 Mbps download with up to 20 Mbps upload max at best conditions. Still better than no internet.
Lol mine is 9M/1M and that's an improvement from the 500k/500k I use to pay CenturyLink $60/month for
That sucks, honestly.
They do. Copper lines are all converted to digital and fiber upstream, but the government says they have to maintain the copper for now because some people still rely on it.