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Gotta give it to the Swiss! sschueller.github.io/posts/the-fr...

sschueller.github.ioThe Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn'tThe Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

Roland Dreier

@rbd.bsky.social

6 Apr

That's great but also there are parts of the US where 50G home Internet is available ziplyfiber.com/internet/mul...

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Alessio Maffeis

@maffe.is

What percentage of the population is covered by that? Must be lower single digit…

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Roland Dreier

@rbd.bsky.social

6 Apr

Yeah a miniscule fraction of the US is covered by 25G PON or faster. But I think XGS PON is available to roughly half of households. Not sure there's much practical justification for even >1G symmetric FTTH.