Romanian ISP to roll out $18 a Month Gigabit Fiber

[ionut2013]

Not only are people in Kansas City lit up, folks in Austin will finally receive some actual competition, and Provo is about to flip the switch, but where else in the world will people get amazing fiber-optic-to-the-home internet connections?
Romania.
Romanian ISP RCS & RDS is rolling out new fiber and upgrading their backhaul. Not only will their customers have 500Mbps and 1Gbps tiers, the top service will only cost the equivalent of $18 a month. Yup. 1000Mbps data will cost less than one Andrew Jackson a month. Yikes… Kinda kicks that TWC “50 megs innernet” right in the junk…

RDS-RCS website: Internet prin fibra optica Fiberlink

Price list:
Fiberlink 50 = 9 USD / 6.5 EURO
Fiberlink 100 = 12 USD / 9 EURO
Fiberlink 500 = 15 USD / 11 EURO
Fiberlink 1000 = 18 USD / 13.5 EURO

Speed test

 

[Sheep221]

Yep, Europe has fastest and cheapest internet! You didn't know that did you?

 

[JackMDS]

So was so little of us go there, while so many of them come here? - :hmm: - :sneaky:

 

[jlazzaro]

not very difficult when the entire country is smaller than our 10th largest state. also, let's see the speeds outside of that carrier's network.

Romania = 90,000 square miles

USA = 3.794 million square miles

 

[VirtualLarry]

Is this so that they can control faster, bigger botnets?

 

[Sheep221]

So was so little of us go there, while so many of them come here? - :hmm: - :sneaky:

Not many americans migrate to europe(or elsewhere) because of language barriers and more strict immigration criteria. So it's objectively easier to migrate from europe to US not otherwise, but it's not impossible either, I met dozens of americans living in europe for various reasons.

not very difficult when the entire country is smaller than our 10th largest state. also, let's see the speeds outside of that carrier's network.

Romania = 90,000 square miles

USA = 3.794 million square miles

The US states are very much same thing as europe countries, most of them presently operating as EU member states, I won't go to political and cultural differences, but it would be much more objective to compare one your state with ours or then compare entire US region and EU region.

US = 50 states, 3.8 sq-mi, population 317.1 mil
EU = 28 states, 1.7 sq-mi, population 507.9 mil

So US almost triples the EU by area size, but EU almost doubles the US population, which is quite difference too even in terms of internet penetration where higher population density in EU makes it far easier to set up high speed network and only charge bargain for them.

 

[Engineer]

US ISP's have no incentive (and little competition between each other) to roll out faster stuff. They constantly go state to state lobbying for anti competitive laws (like those that prevent local cities from implementing their own gigabit networks for great prices) and are looking for every way possible to lower services while increasing prices (usage caps for example equal thinly veiled attempt to get to metered billing).

The rest of the world looks at the internet like the US looked at the Interstate Highway system. It is vital going forward so they not only 'want' faster speeds, they know that faster speeds will lead to more and more innovation. The US ISP's just want to maximize revenues and have the finest lobby that money can buy.

 

[Engineer]

By the way, cities are getting tired of this crap and are looking at rolling out their own gigabit networks:

http://arstechnica.com/business/201...nternet-cities-start-demanding-gigabit-fiber/

 

[JackMDS]

Romania population is about 20.000.000

There are about 500.000 Romanians Emigrants in the US.

I guess the Internet Speed in Not Big attraction. - :biggrin:

That said the discussion is some what "silly".

Economies of countries are balanced in different ways and you can pick and choose here and there Items and think that they represent real life.

If you compare general standard of living the USA is in 4th position.

See here (scroll down to the lower middle of the page - http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-quality-of-life-map.html

 

[turgenjev1]

Is this so that they can control faster, bigger botnets?

:biggrin:

But seriously, I envy them.

 

[Gryz]

This might be interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Romania

However, the most popular broadband services are provided by micro-ISPs (known locally as "reţea de bloc/reţea de cartier" (Block/Neighborhood Networks) with 50 to 3000 customers each. These ISPs usually provide their services through 100BASE-T UTP LANs, with a number of particularities and peculiarities: most were grassroot organizations and still have a feeling of community between subscribers and the management

 

[ionut2013]

4750 MILES

and 50 miles

 

[ionut2013]

not very difficult when the entire country is smaller than our 10th largest state. also, let's see the speeds outside of that carrier's network.

Romania = 90,000 square miles

USA = 3.794 million square miles

MANY MANY MILES....ABOUT 4800 miles

 

[ionut2013]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa-aOkoPf9o

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's pretty awesome. I wish we would see more of this in North America, but the government's don't really allow or make it easy for ISP competition to happen. Typically you have a cable company and phone company and that's it.

Recently we got fibre here through the phone company though, so I can't complain about my particular situation. It's not gigabit, but it's 50/30 with no cap. It's a HUGE upgrade from 8/1 DSL.

 

[JoeMcJoe]

That is crazy fast, I will never see that in my lifetime in the US.

Romania has a better health care system than the US, as do most western countries, so don't put them down so fast. Well the US doesn't really have one.

My connection, fastest I can get, CenturyUnlink business line, 3 year contract $100 per month, $600 break up fee.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3367314839.png

 

[Red Squirrel]

That is crazy fast, I will never see that in my lifetime in the US.

Romania has a better health care system than the US, as do most western countries, so don't put them down so fast. Well the US doesn't really have one.

My connection, fastest I can get, CenturyUnlink business line, 3 year contract $100 per month, $600 break up fee.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3367314839.png

I always thought the US was the most advanced with broadband. Isin't 100mb and gigabit fairly common?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

That is crazy fast, I will never see that in my lifetime in the US.

Romania has a better health care system than the US, as do most western countries, so don't put them down so fast. Well the US doesn't really have one.

My connection, fastest I can get, CenturyUnlink business line, 3 year contract $100 per month, $600 break up fee.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3367314839.png

you going to be dead in 10-20 years?