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manowtf t1_iwql4wn wrote

AFAIK Romania has some of the best Internet speeds in Europe because it had to basically start from scratch going from its old soviet era telecoms straight to fibre in recent times.

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Duhallower t1_iwsr4lu wrote

Oh yes. A friend in London is Romanian and she cannot get over the appalling internet we have here! Apparently Romanian internet is light years better than that in the U.K.

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SlouchyGuy t1_iwu6vpm wrote

It's most of Eastern Europe due to secondary adopter advantage. Even small cities have several internet companies, prices are cheap and speeds are high, same goes for tech like apps - banking applications are also more often advanced and are better made

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Winjin t1_iwuidmm wrote

It's hard to get over how good the Russian IT is.

I mean, better part of Silicon Valley are Ivans.

I was... Surprised when I had to use Italian sites. They are like web 1.0 in comparison.

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