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Internet speed in Europe largely has little to do with how "advanced" a country is, but almost everything to do with how shitty and capitalistic their ISPs are.
Agree, speed in the EU only depends on the amount of money you are willing to pay for the connection. You can have a fiber connection of one Gbs, but as a poor retiree that I am, I am left with 50Mbs of real max speed. The map shows average values, adding that to make matters worse, the contracted speed rarely coincides with the real speed.
Yeah, but there is also the effect where more "advanced" countries got internet infrastructure earlier and therefore installed older technology. And now this older technology is still 'good enough', so that no one wants to invest in upgrading it.
You can usually even see that difference for rural vs. urban.