Edit : i was ignorant when i posted this however i think it is still safe to say that internet in most 3rd countries is bad or expensive in comparison to their income

  • CriticalMiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1242·
    2 years ago

    Americans don’t know it yet but even the third world has better internet speeds than they do.

    • IDatedSuccubi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      2 years ago

      And it’s dirt cheap

      Before the war in Ukraine I had stable 1 Gbit/s for 5$/month with two dedicated IPs

      Here in Ireland you get 100 Kbits/s sometimes because they can’t pull you a fiber connection and 4G towers are overloaded to hell, and it costs 20-40€/month

  • Virkkunen@kbin.social
    933·
    2 years ago

    It’s funny how out of touch with reality Americans are.

    Here in Brazil I’m paying around 20 USD for fiber optic 1000mbps down and 500mbps up without data caps. Brazilian law also only considers piracy a crime if there’s profit (i.e. trying to sell a movie I’ve downloaded), so there’s no need to hide anything.

    Editing for more information:

    My home internet speeds almost never drop below 90%, there’s also a law that requires ISPs to deliver at least 80% of what was paid for. You can easily port forward, there are no blocks or anything. We also have dynamic IPs, but you can easily get around that by using a DDNS.

    My mobile plan is around $15, I get 45GB monthly with 5G at no extra cost (5G gets around 300-600mbps down depending on the time of the day), unlimited calling to any number in the country, unlimited SMS (nobody uses SMS though), and for roaming I get 1GB daily internet and 1 hour daily calling with no extra cost.

    All of this is cheap and very accessible to everyone.

    • mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      7·
      2 years ago

      dynamic ips can be sometimes a good thing like when downloading from file hoster that have a timer limit

      reboot router, refresh page, profit.

    • captain_samuel_brady@lemm.ee
      51·
      2 years ago

      I mean, I’m not going to defend our internet in the US which can be absolutely shit, but salaries are quite a bit different in Brazil. I also don’t recall internet options being all that glamorous an hour outside of Porto Alegre.

      • Virkkunen@kbin.social
        9·
        2 years ago

        While the salaries and economic power in Brazil are a lot lower than the US, our internet and phone plans are a lot cheaper, accessible and provide a better service than most of the US, that still stuck in data caps, feature blocking and low speeds.

      • ZeroHora@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I live in the countryside of Minas and I can get the same 1000mbps speeds for less than 20 USD, the quality of smaller ISP has become pretty good in the last decade.

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    2 years ago

    Lol, some third world countries have faster internet than the average New York apartment.

    • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 years ago

      I’ve got gigabit here in colombia. Costs me ~$30 a month and fuck that vpn shit since no one cares if you torrent.

  • spez@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    Man, I literally have one of the cheapest internet in the world + don’t need vpn, third world country W

  • peachybuttcheek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    Meanwhile in Romania:

    ✅ No VPN needed ✅ Some of the fastest internet speeds in the world ✅ $10/month for FTTH 1Gbps ❌ No money to build a PC that can play the games you downloaded

    Can’t have it all though.

  • dsemy@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    I don’t live in 3rd world country, I get great internet speeds for cheap (1000d/100u for like 25$), and I don’t need a VPN.

    The US just sucks lol

  • daisy lazarus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Born and bred African here (third-world “shithole”): 400/200 ($60pm).

    Uncapped obviously. This isn’t 2005.

    Probably wouldn’t cost much more for 1000/200 but I wouldn’t get to that with a wireless mesh setup in my house anyway.

  • airbus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    In Vietnam ISPs are pushing gigabit plans, we paid around 10.5$/month (⬇️1Gbps/⬆️150Mbps) or 14.5$/month for 1Gbps up and down. The speed is not guaranteed though, but reached gigabit most of the time, minimum is 300Mbps.

    Of course no data cap and relaxed piracy policies, no vpn needed.

  • skillissuer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    in poland i pay some 12€ monthly for 600mbps down/150mbps up, and that runs on coax. Even some podunk villages have fibre and it’s all from EU money

    also as long as you don’t torrent polish movies nobody gives a fuck so not even vpn is needed

  • dsemy@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I don’t live in 3rd world country, I get great internet speeds for cheap (1000u/100d for like 25$), and I don’t need a VPN.

    The US just sucks lol