Yes, even the transient houseboats wandering the canals of the Netherlands have harder, better, faster and stronger Internet connections than you do — up to one gigabit per second over fiber optic cable. The same 120 yards of cabled glass being deployed in Amsterdam is also being deployed more slowly in New Amsterdeam, aka New York City. If only San Francisco could take such advantage of sitting atop a worldwide, fiber-optic Internet hub. [DSL Reports] (Photo by Rolf Kleef)

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