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fatslob-:O on 27 November 2017
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Pemalite said:

Maintenance/optimization test/issue?
What? You aren't being serious right?

Netflix launched a page that basically named and shamed internet providers for offering sub-par performance.
https://qz.com/688033/netflix-launched-this-handy-speed-test-so-you-can-go-shame-your-internet-provider/

And then Netflix paid comcast extra cash.
https://qz.com/256586/the-inside-story-of-how-netflix-came-to-pay-comcast-for-internet-traffic/

And also said it will pay extra to providers:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/netflix-says-it-will-pay-tolls-to-more-isps-not-just-comcast/

Verizon continued to throttle traffic even after Netflix paid up:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/186576-verizon-caught-throttling-netflix-traffic-even-after-its-pays-for-more-bandwidth

I think that is enough evidence to reinforce my point at any rate.

 

I very much am being serious once we consider that anybody with unlimited data plans will get speed caps in specific times of day either way because there's not enough capacity in the network to begin with ... 

The internet is not an equal place and never will be because traffic and connections are not on even grounds between content providers ... (a garage startup can't match up to bigwigs like Amazon and most sites don't even get the same total bandwidth in comparison to video streaming which hogs up the vast portion of data) 

"Net neutrality" never existed ... 

Pemalite said:

Except it doesn't.

Here the USA's expected life expectancy falls short.


Here is a chart of medical research nobel prizes per capita.


And here is your general rankings, they look extremely poor.


Child infant mortality rate is 5th highest in the developed world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate


You are paying more and not getting results. And why is that? Mostly because of bureaucratic waste and red tape.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/upshot/which-country-has-the-best-health-care-system-readers-respond.html

And I quote:

I have practiced medicine for nearly 40 years, mostly in a large academic health center. The frictional administrative costs of multiple insurers, each with its own forms, rules, payment, denials and appeals apparatus, highly paid C-suites, shareholders, etc., and the counterpart to this required by all providers in order to get paid — billers, coders, compliance folks, etc. — is a colossal waste and does nothing to enhance access or quality of care. — Concerned MD, Pennsylvania

Healthcare study ranks the USA last in the OECD world for healthcare:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-17/australian-healthcare-ranked-second-best-in-developed-world/8716326

Your system is simply ineffectual, you pay more and get less.

Nobel prizes are skewed towards smaller countries, R&D is the better indicator since it considers ALL contributions ... 

Americans are not paying for higher quality of care or coverage, they're paying to get research results and for the best equipment/tools at their disposal ... (this shows since the US boasts the best cancer survival rates, administers the most state of the art medicine/pharmaceuticals, has the most amount of MRI scanners per capita and better end of life/terminal care) 

Sure they maybe getting less value in some measures but that also makes them more charitable in some ways since people with rare and expensive to treat diseases have a window of hope whereas a diagnosis in other nations means that it's more likely a death penalty to the unfortunate ... (If no one is willing to subsidize rare conditions then who will ?) 

People who argue that one can't put a price on life but why don't they argue the same for the amount of time that those have left ?