All new buildings in the EU must have a high-speed broadband connection from 2017 - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Noss;44859187]as BRITISH citizens we should have the RIGHT to terrible internet speeds[/QUOTE] But we are the country that has been leading the way for faster broadband speeds, including forcing providers to cooperate in introducing fiber across the UK and throttling any monopoly BT has over the landlines.

[QUOTE=joost1120;44859127]Lobbyists are an American thing.[/QUOTE] Ha no, lobbyists are everywhere, in every government.

[QUOTE=Masterofstars;44864332]I love my country and all but holy shit I want to be in Europe.[/QUOTE] Where you really want to go is to the netherlands, switzerland, romania, lithuania or sweden. Romania having the best average internet speed than everyone else in the world, except for singapore and hong kong. [editline]21st May 2014[/editline] In the city of timisoara in romania they can get 1000Mbps download speeds for 13 euros/month: [url]http://www.rcs-rds.ro/internet-digi-net/fiberlink?t=internet-fix&pachet=digi_net_fiberlink_1000[/url]

[QUOTE=OnDemand;44867239]Where you really want to go is to the netherlands, switzerland, romania, lithuania or sweden. Romania having the best average internet speed than everyone else in the world, except for singapore and hong kong. [editline]21st May 2014[/editline] In the city of timisoara in romania they can get 1000Mbps download speeds for 13 euros/month: [url]http://www.rcs-rds.ro/internet-digi-net/fiberlink?t=internet-fix&pachet=digi_net_fiberlink_1000[/url][/QUOTE] This is true, the internet is super-fast here

[QUOTE=ionuttzu;44867397]This is true, the internet is super-fast here[/QUOTE] Same here in Latvia, 15euro/mo for 100mbps and the speed is the same 24/7. It maxes out to 12MB/s on torrents and fast servers. But our country is tiny and infrastructure easy to upgrade.

I get .3-5kb/s on a good day and I live in suburban New Jersey :( [editline]21st May 2014[/editline] I pay like eighty dollars a month for this

I've got 500mbs down, 30up for 15$ and could get 1gbs down for 19$. 99% of the time I get over 300mbs. All speeds are not guaranteed, this applies for everybody since we've got personal not business subscriptions. To be on topic, I like this because there are wires everywhere, inside and outside. I would like them buried.

[QUOTE=Masterofstars;44864332]I love my country and all but holy shit I want to be in Europe.[/QUOTE] Please, come in [img]http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2014mAY/euro_mos_650_051014071651.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=JXZ;44859807]can america join the eu[/QUOTE] get off my fucking lawn

[QUOTE=Stopper;44860945]One thing I could never understand about British internet: my mates always say that they pay for let's say 24 mbit, but most of the time they get 16 or 8. Whenever this happens here, I call my ISP and get them to fix it. How do you tolerate your low and then even lower speeds without complaining?[/QUOTE] Its because nothing can be done, ADSL in the UK in most places is horrid so any ISP using that cannot offer the speeds they sell to a lot of people. Some ISPs are actually being investigated by the regulator (OFCOM) as its tantamount to misselling in some cases.

[QUOTE=Jsm;44870023]Its because nothing can be done, ADSL in the UK in most places is horrid so any ISP using that cannot offer the speeds they sell to a lot of people. Some ISPs are actually being investigated by the regulator (OFCOM) as its tantamount to misselling in some cases.[/QUOTE] If they can't offer them, why are they selling them?

[QUOTE=Stopper;44870209]If they can't offer them, why are they selling them?[/QUOTE] Because they can offer it in some places, plus competition.

[QUOTE=Jsm;44870246]Because they can offer it in some places, plus competition.[/QUOTE] They sell at same price even if they can't match what they offer. That's a scam.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;44870268]They sell at same price even if they can't match what they offer. That's a scam.[/QUOTE] No, it's probably very fine work by a legal team.

[QUOTE=BreenIsALie;44870559]No, it's probably very fine work by a legal team.[/QUOTE] Legal scam is still scam

ISPs that use DSL or similar technology have to provide a line checker on their site where you enter your postcode and it tells you roughly what speed you will actually get ([url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/codes-of-practice/broadband-speeds-cop/consumer-guide/]rule 2 here[/url]) Also if they sell for example 'up to 50Mb', at least 10% of customers have to actually be able to get 50Mb ([url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15105760]BBC[/url])

[QUOTE=smurfy;44871009] Also if they sell for example 'up to 50Mb', at least 10% of customers have to actually be able to get 50Mb ([url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15105760]BBC[/url])[/QUOTE] Why so little?