Germany and internet connection, I can't comprehend how one of the richest countries in the world, in such a small land mass can have such bad connectivity.
It's really baffling going here from Sweden where I'm starting to get 5G signal outside of core city areas, get 4G almost across the whole country with speeds of 50-100+Mbps, into the city centre of Berlin and there I fallback to 3G networks every 3rd/4th block walking.
Friends living there having terrible experiences with Telekom, almost no fiber available, etc.
> Germany and internet connection, I can't comprehend how one of the richest countries in the world, in such a small land mass can have such bad connectivity.
A combination of toxic financial mindset (back in the early '00s, finance minister Hans Eichel wanted a "balanced" budget and auctioned off the frequency licenses for dozens of billions of euros, saddling the carriers with the debt instead of the government), thoroughly incompetent politicians (Merkel's "Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland" is just the tip of the iceberg), NIMBYs (sadly, projects for tower construction routinely end up in death threats, and since 5G conspiracies also in actual terrorist attacks), and a populace that to a large degree just doesn't give enough of a fuck.
piva00|3 years ago
It's really baffling going here from Sweden where I'm starting to get 5G signal outside of core city areas, get 4G almost across the whole country with speeds of 50-100+Mbps, into the city centre of Berlin and there I fallback to 3G networks every 3rd/4th block walking.
Friends living there having terrible experiences with Telekom, almost no fiber available, etc.
Germany should enact something like this policy from here: https://pts.se/sv/bransch/internet/bredbandsstrategin/
mschuster91|3 years ago
A combination of toxic financial mindset (back in the early '00s, finance minister Hans Eichel wanted a "balanced" budget and auctioned off the frequency licenses for dozens of billions of euros, saddling the carriers with the debt instead of the government), thoroughly incompetent politicians (Merkel's "Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland" is just the tip of the iceberg), NIMBYs (sadly, projects for tower construction routinely end up in death threats, and since 5G conspiracies also in actual terrorist attacks), and a populace that to a large degree just doesn't give enough of a fuck.