On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 11:23 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Please forgive the off-topic question. I want to connect with someone > from South Korea. I want to understand how competition helps drive > down the cost of internet service. > > I understand South Korea has at least 6 Internet Service Providers in > some areas. South Koreans enjoy gigabit download speeds at a fraction > of the cost to their US counterparts. They can download a 4 GB dvd or > iso in under 2 seconds, and pay the equivalent to about $25/month for > the service. Or those were the numbers I saw several years ago. (The > US is a mess because of a US Supreme Court ruling where the idiots in > black robes decided 2 companies were enough for competition. It has > ruined competition in every vertical I am aware of). > > I want to verify the numbers, and ask some follow up questions.
I think you will find this applies to all U.S. infrastructure, now. Rail, bridges, etc., are now not just decades behind in maintenance, but generations. Cheers! -- `I intend to live forever, or die trying'. --Groucho Marx
