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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

10-15 years is 2009/10 - 2013/14, not 2003.
You'd have to be in a crazy rural region for 100kbps...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

In 2009 there was such a provider (talking about Moscow region in Russia) as Skylink, which gave good connectivity in rural areas and Skype traffic was unlimited (I'm not making it up). It was good enough for Skype voice calls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Third world country is might as well a crazy rural region, yes.