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
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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.
Editing for more information:
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.
Out of touch also in feeling like it’s funny to post this shit
Even if it was true, would still be a cringe meme.
I hope that OP is just young and naive and not an old who thinks the world is divided like that
point taken however Brazil in not most 3rd world countries there is also most of Africa ( with south Africa being an exception )
dynamic ips can be sometimes a good thing like when downloading from file hoster that have a timer limit
reboot router, refresh page, profit.
I mean, I’m not going to defend our internet in the US which can be absolutely shit, but salaries are quite a bit different in Brazil. I also don’t recall internet options being all that glamorous an hour outside of Porto Alegre.
While the salaries and economic power in Brazil are a lot lower than the US, our internet and phone plans are a lot cheaper, accessible and provide a better service than most of the US, that still stuck in data caps, feature blocking and low speeds.
- American internet is garbage, as others have already pointed out.
- The term “third world country” is outdated, inaccurate, and usually offensive. It often comes off as racist, even if that’s not intentional. Try to avoid using it unless you’re sure it’s appropriate (it almost never is).
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.
Case in point: Sweden and Finland were Third World countries.
Me literally seing this through fiber in a third world country
Lmao. The US basically
hadhas the worst internet, speeds and prices wise. WE HAVE CAPS!!!Canada experience is basically this as well. Our ISPs are trash but mine is pretty based about not sharing information with copyright holders
Objection! Romania
Italy: the best of 2 worlds (except Im stuck with early 2000s adsl in 2023)
Italy: the best of 2 worlds (except Im stuck with early 2000s adsl in 2023)
haha me too
I use private trackers and haven’t had issues not using a VPN in the US
As a Greek… I relate… :")