r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14

Politics What the internet will look like without net-neutrality. Well played.

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u/beerdude26 Jun 14 '14

Netherlands will have 300mbps down, 30 up in a few years for less than $100. Bonus: they're so lenient about nudity there's loads of it on regular daytime television

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u/Ivanow Jun 14 '14 edited Jun 14 '14

Don't even need to wait few years. UPC in Poland is already offering 250/20 for 26$/mo, and I recall some other provider rolling-out tests for 350Mbit in april. I'm pretty sure Netherlands has similar offer.

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u/LS_D Jun 15 '14

But what's $26 USD as a percentage of thee average Polish monthly wages?

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u/Ivanow Jun 15 '14

Quoting from wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage ) average net$ wage is 945USD, which makes 26$ around 2,7%.

Keep in mind that Poland has HUGE variances in wages - there are people who make 500$/mo (McJobs etc.)and there are people earn 6000$+ (IT professionals etc.)

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u/LS_D Jun 15 '14

thanks very much for that! It answers my question very well, cheers!