geographically unremarkable

True, but ouch

Our economy is a bit different, no offense, and that pricing seems fair to me :)

I can download whatever I need in <5 minutes and that’s totally sufficient for me.

I don’t think that’s too bad, sounds like Germany has come a long way.

My 1Gbps would be around 50 in Denmark (if I didn’t work for an isp lol)

Most hardware does 2.5Gbps out of the box these days.

I’ve had 1Gbps for 13 years now (in Denmark) and can comfortably say: it’s plenty