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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Last I remember, the Baltic states have better internet than most of Europe and the US.

[–] Nihilistra 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yo, german bro here. When I go by train from my village Willich to fucking Düsseldorf I lose connection 2 times, going 10 kilometers into the state capital.

My friend in Wesel can't reliably call his clients by car cause it's just a connectivity minefield around there.

Send help

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Germany is so far behind with wifi coverage, it's insane. Fiber is also rare outside of the hotspots. I volunteered in a refugee center once and an ongoing joke among them was how war-torn Syria had better internet connection than Germany lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really don't get it, if we in France did it, why not Germany?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Old farts in charge don't care about it. Merkel has promised full net coverage a couple times but oh well. It's definitely better than it was before, but there are still lots of areas where there is work to be done. As our saying goes: Deutschlands Mühlen mahlen langsam. (Germany's mills grind slowly)

[–] Mr_Blott 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used to have. Now it's just better than the US and UK lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no, still better than Germany. Worlds better.

[–] matter 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, Germany might be the only western country worse than Australia

[–] Mr_Blott 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't talk about German internet, just like we don't talk about Belgian..... anything

[–] Nihilistra 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell me about belgian fishing, going to live in Trier right beneath the border and german fishing laws a catastrophic so I will practice catch and release in Belgium!

[–] Mr_Blott 3 points 1 year ago

DID I FUCKIN STUTTER