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		nostromo on April 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes I'd agree with this comment if it was 2010. But today the US has good internet speeds -- in general much better than Europe despite it's bigger geographic size and less-dense population. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/internet-...

fulafel on April 14, 2024 [–]

Despite the category mismatch (continent vs country) .. Europe and USA have very similar population densities (~35 p/km2) [0] [1] [2] [3]

Also, many sparsely populated European countries have relatively good internet speeds (eg Iceland, Sweden).

[0] https://database.earth/population/europe/density

[1] https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/europe-popula...

[2] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/european-countries-by-po...

[3] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?locations=U...

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