Belg betaalt tot drie keer zoveel voor telefonie en internet als in buurlanden: “We behoren tot minst goedkope landen”

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1. Yeah, but just think about how much… uh.. “investing in the network of the future” they still have to do? Better increase prices. There’s still some headroom between us and the top of the list.

2. Regering: “België is niet duur, we behoren gewoon tot de minst goedkope landen.”

3. Luckily we have the good old Belgian workaround of “just getting the employer to pay for it”.

4. Maar gelukkig hebben we ook zeer lage snelheden en weinig betrouwbare connecties.

5. De kwaliteit van het internet in België is eigenlijk echt gewoon een schande imo. Als je vergelijkt wat je krijgt aan snelheden/limieten/betrouwbaarheid met buurlanden of zelf Oost Europese landen, echt om van te beginnen wenen.

6. and this in a country where they have to invest a lot less due to the fact we all live so close together…

7. Misschien moeten we allemaal eens zetten wat we betalen, dan kunnen we vergelijken?

   [https://imgur.com/m28YoWL](https://imgur.com/m28YoWL)

   ORANGE LOVE TRIO

   * 2 GSM nummers (normaal €20 maar met €4 multiproductenkorting Go Plus is het €16)
   * 10GB data, onbeperkt bellen/SMS
   * Orange TV Abonnement TV met decoder 70 kanalen 15€
   * Internet 100Mbps download €34
   * Totaal €81 per maand

   EDIT: added provider and pack-name lol

8. 15 per month for my personal mobile phone usage and 50 euros per month for
   fast and limitless internet, shared with roommate. We don’t have television. In total 40 euros per month.

9. Minst goedkope? Duurste dus

10. €27.50 for Proximus Start, effectively getting 50Mbps, but also 100GB cap. Switching to EDPnet: 20Mbps, unlimited at €25, if too slow, upgrade to 100Mbps at €35. Phone: Mobile Vikings at €15 / 2 months. No television, maybe Telenet Flow in the future (€10 – €20 ??).

     

    Activation cost of €50 is bullshit however, especially since I already have an active line.

11. I hate how these articles surface every fucking year, yet very little changes.

12. Telenet wigo. €86 for 300mbit down internet.
    Digital tv + mainline phone (cause it’s in the package)

13. Misschien hebben we de telecommarkt niet genoeg geliberaliseerd.

14. I just discovered edpnet (Antwerp) it’s €30 for unlimited fiber

15. What is even worse is that we pay alot and they find putting the infrastructure under the ground too expensive. Such a ripoff. But don’t you dare painting your front door in a non conform colour, that’s illegal change of the protected view.

16. In het overige nieuws: “Water is nat en elke 60 seconden gaat er in Afrika 1 minuut voorbij”.

17. So why do I earn less (as a software developer) and pay more taxes as well compared to our neighbours?

18. wacht tot ge de belasting hoort 😀

19. When I moved here in 2013, I was like omg those prices are mad, cable internet has data limits, I didn’t saw that thing since 2003. Oh and it still has. It’s “unlimited” up to some GB limit, you can find it in small letters somewhere in the contract.

    I had a real unlimited 100mbps in 2010 for around €15 in my country, and they added some online streaming TV channels to it.

20. And water is wet. Moving on…

21. Kunnen ze nu niet gewoon ‘duurste’ zeggen? Wat is dat nu voor zeverpraat?

22. Someone has to rake in the rents to pay off the politicians’ many mandates!

23. What a joke. We pay a shit ton for everything.

24. Yay privatization

25. We do, however, have a lot of sluggishness and a lot of untrustworthy connections.

26. And this in a country where they are need to invest far less due to our near proximity…