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"[...]a lot of parts in highly developed countries like [...] Germany don't have access to a broadband internet connection."

Huh? Where do you get that from? "A lot of parts", even? I've lived in one of the most rural areas with basically only villages and small towns (<10000 pop) around. When I lived in my village of 600, we got broadband access in 2005.

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You might have different definitions of broadband.

That's not how it works though. The International Telecommunication Union's definition is relevant here. For instance, in 2010, it was: "[...]downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s...".[1]

There was also talk about increasing it to 2 Mbit/s some years ago.[2]

Not that that change would make a difference if you look at broadband accessibility for Germany here.[3]

Point is: What was written was a load of bollocks. There were no facts to back up the statement but people lapped it up anyway.

[1] https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/TelecomICT_Indicators...

[2] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/committees/scv/Documents/T17-SC...

[3] https://www.bmvi.de/DE/Themen/Digitales/Breitbandausbau/Brei...

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