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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now we just need some decentralised stuff so that we can communicate directly with one and another.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well you just have to make everyone rich first! Then when everyone's rich they can solve the problem all by themselves! (Jordan Peterson's argument for climate change.)

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because it’s more profitable to charge people without upgrading the infrastructure. That’s how privatized systems work. It used to be about building a better product to attract consumers, now it’s about squeezing consumers for the most profit and minimizing costs.

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[–] Cellari@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Thanks, this reminded me that I should check the competition for now. It's not as well designed infra as in Switzerland, but I should check for an open fibre that has several service providers.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Uh, most don't. But 1 Gb is common in cities, while the many villages have at least 100 Mb.

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