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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 05 Apr 2026
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Where I live in the US must be a geographical oddity. I have 2 gig symmetrical ftth service. Not shared. There are three providers offering similar service at my address. And yes, they all each ‘dug up the street’ separately to install their cables. Installing fiber via directional drilling isn’t quite that big of a deal.
No doubt what customers in Switzerland have available to them as written in this article is better. Don’t know what I’d do with 25 gig but it would be awesome. Just saying the writers should update their information on what is available in the US. Their info is from 10 years ago. They are making a perfectly valid point and don’t need the exaggeration.
1.5 for $60 with the option for 2.5.
Lots to do with local zoning, own vs rent, and density. It's very inconsistent except for poor renters and living in bum fuck no where. It'll be consistently garbage there.