Why are Internet Speeds so Slow in Australia?
Look, the United States has constantly been at war with our internet service providers. From repealing net neutrality to continually finding ways to be unreliable, our ISPs seem to have it out for us. And don’t even mention the high prices of our Internet plans! However, it’s Australia that has it the worst when it comes to their ISPs. I had an online friend who lived in Australia, and one day, while playing a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match, his ping was consistently hitting 200-300. This isn’t strange when playing on a server from another country, but he mentioned that this was normal for him. My curiosity got the best of me, so I asked him the Internet speeds that he had paid for. It was 4Mbps. According to him, he had the fastest Internet in his town, .4Mbps. You hear about Australia having terrible Internet all the time, but why? What separates Australia from every other country that gets the short end of the digital stick?