Edit : i was ignorant when i posted this however i think it is still safe to say that internet in most 3rd countries is bad or expensive in comparison to their income
Americans don't know it yet but even the third world has better internet speeds than they do.
It's funny how out of touch with reality Americans are.
Here in Brazil I'm paying around 20 USD for fiber optic 1000mbps down and 500mbps up without data caps. Brazilian law also only considers piracy a crime if there's profit (i.e. trying to sell a movie I've downloaded), so there's no need to hide anything.
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My home internet speeds almost never drop below 90%, there's also a law that requires ISPs to deliver at least 80% of what was paid for. You can easily port forward, there are no blocks or anything. We also have dynamic IPs, but you can easily get around that by using a DDNS.
My mobile plan is around $15, I get 45GB monthly with 5G at no extra cost (5G gets around 300-600mbps down depending on the time of the day), unlimited calling to any number in the country, unlimited SMS (nobody uses SMS though), and for roaming I get 1GB daily internet and 1 hour daily calling with no extra cost.
All of this is cheap and very accessible to everyone.
Lol, some third world countries have faster internet than the average New York apartment.
What that designation OFFICIALLY meant is that the country remained neutral during the Cold War. That's all! The "First World" countries were NATO allies and the "Second World" countries were the other side led by the Soviet Union. The implication is that the countries that didn't pick a side in the Cold War were underdeveloped (which is a flawed assumption, but it was partially correct AT THE TIME).
More recently, the term has become synonymous with "poor" countries, usually those filled with non-white people. Which is dumb, because plenty of the first- and second-world countries WERE and ARE very poor. And some countries that WERE under-developed during the Cold War have since become more developed. India is the most obvious example, it's surpassing China in a lot of population+economic metrics now.
tl;dr "third world country" is a designation that's not only offensive; it's outdated, inaccurate, and dumb.
Me literally seing this through fiber in a third world country
Man, I literally have one of the cheapest internet in the world + don't need vpn, third world country W
Meanwhile in Romania:
✅ No VPN needed ✅ Some of the fastest internet speeds in the world ✅ $10/month for FTTH 1Gbps ❌ No money to build a PC that can play the games you downloaded
Can’t have it all though.
Lmao. The US basically had has the worst internet, speeds and prices wise. WE HAVE CAPS!!!!
This meme is false.
Born and bred African here (third-world "shithole"): 400/200 ($60pm).
Uncapped obviously. This isn't 2005.
Probably wouldn't cost much more for 1000/200 but I wouldn't get to that with a wireless mesh setup in my house anyway.
I don’t live in 3rd world country, I get great internet speeds for cheap (1000d/100u for like 25$), and I don’t need a VPN.
The US just sucks lol
In Vietnam ISPs are pushing gigabit plans, we paid around 10.5$/month (⬇️1Gbps/⬆️150Mbps) or 14.5$/month for 1Gbps up and down. The speed is not guaranteed though, but reached gigabit most of the time, minimum is 300Mbps.
Of course no data cap and relaxed piracy policies, no vpn needed.
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I seed around 5Tb per month, I pay 20€ for 1Gbps up / 1Gbps down connection.
I'm happy i live in a third world country
American?
I don’t live in 3rd world country, I get great internet speeds for cheap (1000u/100d for like 25$), and I don’t need a VPN.
The US just sucks lol
Canada experience is basically this as well. Our ISPs are trash but mine is pretty based about not sharing information with copyright holders
Ha! Speak for yourself!
Italy: the best of 2 worlds (except Im stuck with early 2000s adsl in 2023)
As a Greek... I relate... :")
Objection! Romania
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