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Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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And the average speed of a passenger car is 170km/h, as ranked by speed data from the Nürburgring.
People on shitty slow connections don't have a need to go test that speed much, they know it's shit, people who just got their fancy new 1Gbit fiber and want to know exactly how fast it is, do.