India announces plan to connect 600k villages with optical fiber in 1000 days

Post by petra » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 1:05 PM UTC

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #27

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Was going to say something along this line. Is disheartening to live in a first world country (center of Berlin) that happens to have the strongest economy in the Euro zone, and have such a slow internet that I can't even watch Netflix after 8 Pm (and having to pay 50 euro/month)

laughs in gigabit fiber for 10 euro/month in Eastern Europe The reason why you're in this situation is that under Helmut Kohl, despite advice from experts to use fiber, the German government wired the whole country with copper instead because the ministry of infrastructure at the time had stocks in the copper business.[1] And also, in present times, German politicians still don't see the value the internet brings to…

Post by ChuckNorris89 » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 1:10 PM UTC

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> ..under Helmut Kohl, despite advice from experts to use fiber, the German government wired the whole country with copper instead because the ministry of infrastructure at the time had stocks in the copper business. Such abuse of public position ought to be a criminal offence - they profited at the cost of setting the country back a decade (or more!) in terms of modern infrastructure. Ubiquitous, fast, and maybe eve…

Just to name and shame, Christian Schwarz-Schilling was the minister of infrastructure at the time. Despite his actions and reputation, he never had to go to court and seems to be currently enjoying retirement.

Post by ChuckNorris89 » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 1:11 PM UTC

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #44

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #27

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laughs in gigabit fiber for 10 euro/month in Eastern Europe The reason why you're in this situation is that under Helmut Kohl, despite advice from experts to use fiber, the German government wired the whole country with copper instead because the ministry of infrastructure at the time had stocks in the copper business.[1] And also, in present times, German politicians still don't see the value the internet brings to…

If it’ll make you feel better, Maggie Thatcher killed-off the UK’s then-nationalised BT’s plans for nationwide FTTP in the late-1980s because it was anti-competitive to the nascent cablecos who were busy carving up our pavement (sidewalks) laying coax: https://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/how-the-uk-lost...

Post by nix23 » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 1:20 PM UTC

petra wrote: post #51

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laughs in gigabit fiber for 10 euro/month in Eastern Europe The reason why you're in this situation is that under Helmut Kohl, despite advice from experts to use fiber, the German government wired the whole country with copper instead because the ministry of infrastructure at the time had stocks in the copper business.[1] And also, in present times, German politicians still don't see the value the internet brings to…

It's not like more fiber will change Germany's sucsess in building software companies. I'm sure the issue is much more complex than that.

Post by eliseumds » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

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setum wrote: post #7

While at it, they should also put up a pole every village (like electric pole) with high range WiFi router. This will remove the last 100m connectivity hurdle and everyone with a WiFi device can get a taste of high speed internet.

Disclaimer : I live in a village in Rajasthan. People will still the WiFi device and sell it for pennies. They don't spare road light in many parts of cities.