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2020-02-20 Science & Technology

Countries with the fastest internet speeds revealed: Taiwan, Singapore and JERSEY top the list but the UK languishes in 33rd place and the US sits slightly higher in 15th

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-20 11:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I heard this stuff before on a tech telecast. The promoter waxed about how South Korea had a faster net as well. Skip the fact that South Korea was the size of Kansas with a quarter of its population in one geographical location, Seoul. He also ignored that South Korea was not divided into 50 separate mini-countries each with their own public utility commissions to work through in delivering the service. To put some serious broadband internet through most of the fly country will require a federal effort like the Rural Electrification Act of the '30s.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-20 12:52|| 2020-02-20 12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 and everyone should have a motorway to their doorstep.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-02-20 13:15|| 2020-02-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

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