Comment by mschuster91

> That's not a huge issue for me most of the time, but billions of people are using mobile phones as their only access to the internet, especially in developing countries that are practically skipping widespread copper and fiber infrastructure and moving directly to 5G instead.

For what it's worth: Romania, one of the piss poorest countries of Europe, has a perfectly fine mobile phone network, and even outback small villages have XGPON fiber rollouts everywhere. Germany? As soon as you cross into the country from Austria, your phone signal instantly drops, barely any decent coverage outside of the cities. And forget about PON, much less GPON or even XGPON.

Germany should be considered a developing country when it comes to expectations around telecommunication.