Alex Russellslightlyoff@toot.cafe
Sep 8, 2026, 11:45 AMDeepest, darkest rural France has better Internet than I've ever been able to buy, for any price, in SF 🤦
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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialSep 8, 2026, 11:51 AM@slightlyoff year after year I heard those stories about condos in Paris, but man also in rural areas.
Paulthreedaymonk@sonomu.clubSep 8, 2026, 11:57 AM@slightlyoff France is famously very good at this, beaten in average speed only by places with significant population density advantages (Singapore, UAE, and Hong Kong), but I don't know what they did right compared to similar neighbours like the UK or (even worse) Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_connection_speeds
Gina Peter BanyardGirgias@phpc.socialSep 8, 2026, 12:08 PM@slightlyoff yeah... at my mum in rural Aude, fiber optics.
In my flat in West London, fiber optics doesn't seem to be anywhere close to happening.
Which really makes no sense :|
Sep 8, 2026, 12:28 PM@slightlyoff Dental care probably more affordable as well.