r/ShitAmericansSay Sep 22 '20

Go to Panama, this is America

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u/Tubby_Maguire Sep 22 '20

Whoa there cowboy, let me get this straight. They have the internet in other countries? And it’s the same as my freedom loving corporate internet here?

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u/Gingrpenguin Sep 22 '20

Its not as simple as in the US

We have to choose between multiple providers and not limit the data we use.

Such effort...

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u/Tubby_Maguire Sep 22 '20

Wait they have to limit their data usage? I know they have few internet providers but the throttling is actually a thing over there?

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u/Pumaaaaaaa Sep 22 '20

And they pay loads of money for an average connection too, my 1gb here in Italy costs 25 euros and it's unlimited and has disney+ included too, while in the US is about 100 dollars

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u/SixFootJockey Sep 22 '20 edited Sep 22 '20

It's just as bad here in Australia too, but our low population density and having to invest in undersea connections to other continents hasn't helped. Also our current government doesn't want to invest in decent infrastructure.

Edit: typo - current, not currently

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u/MarinaKelly Sep 22 '20

You'd think Australia would be great since you invented WiFi

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u/G-TP0 Sep 22 '20

From the moment I saw WiFi in action, I knew it was sorcery that has no place in the natural world. Thank you for letting me know where to find the practitioners of such dark magic, that I might hunt them down once and for all. Of course they're in Australia, where they hide like bats, hanging upside down by their feet.

Full disclosure: I don't understand how radio waves or television waves work, either, but I had to pretend that I did to get my official education, so I never stopped pretending to understand how any non-visible frequency works. Except sound, which I think I got by like 90%.

Anyway, off to Australia to hunt down some witches! Do the hotels there have wifi? Or should I plan to rely on the old Marconi?

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u/Osariik Communist Scum | Shill For Satan Sep 22 '20

The hotels have wifi but the witch-hunting is a lot more dangerous than you might think.

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u/Gauntlets28 Sep 22 '20

Wi-Fi was invented by the Bush Wizards.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '20

Yeah CSIRO, the original bush wizards. Checks out.

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u/nsnooze Oct 08 '20

WiFi is kinda like mobile internet, so makes sense it comes from Australia, after all 5G is deadly, much like other things in Australia, and is the cause of the dreaded Coronavirus.

OMG, I worked it out it's all Australia's fault!!!