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Where in America is there 20Gbps symmetrical fiber? Everywhere I know tops out at 1gbps if you are lucky that your ISP isn't shit, and lots of areas are still on slow cable.
In my area my options are 200mbps cable or 100mbps ADSL (which inexplicably costs more than the cable Internet)
Lived in 8 different states in the US - never had anything above 1 Gbps. Typically been 300-500 mbps, with only the past and current state state where I’ve gotten 1gbps. Poster is just assuming because we’re a first world country that we have good internet. We don’t. I hear Europe has better speeds than us.
It's about what you pay for. live in a place that doesn't invest in utilities and infrastructure, don't be surprised that you don't have the latest greatest.
My city in Canada paid to ensure everyone has fibre to the door. we had it rolled out a few years ago.
We have cable options up to 2gbps, and fibre up to 5gbps currently. Enterprise / corporate fibre is also available at easily 50-100gbps. (I have 2 x 20gbps for my Datacentres)
Problem with most US cities is you got big corporations like Cox, Comcast, Spectrum, etc that lock them down in contracts. Basically they offer to lay down the wiring and say “oh by the way, nobody else is allowed to use this besides us”. Used to live in Phx AZ with Cox being the “best” in town, with only Century Link as an alternative. Google Fiber was trying to get in but was locked out due to Cox’s titan grip on the city. So yay unchecked monopolies…