alt Hacker NewsSwitzerland is smaller than West Virginia. Less than 1% of the US. It’s much easier, and cheaper, to wire up a small country than the massive one.
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rags2riches • today at 5:24 AM
Just above your comment is one lamenting the situation in New York City. That's roughly the same population as Switzerland in a not quite as massive area.
ascorbic • today at 5:59 AM
That's not what the article is about. It's about what goes in the ducts when they are connected, and who has access to the infra.
Symbiote • today at 5:18 AM
Is West Virginia wired up?
It is usually silly to compare any country with the whole US.
Instead search for the most similar state to compare with: for example Colorado has similarities with Switzerland.
Does Colorado have similarly affordable 25 Gbit fiber?
> much easier, and cheaper, to wire up a small country than the massive one
If your theory makes any sense at all, then Vermont with 60% of the size and 7% of the population should have amazing internet... does it?
I'm in New Zealand: Our internet isn't like Switzerlands (~1/2 the population in 6x the size). I use Oregon for our benchmark state.