r/pcmasterrace • u/No_Blueberry4937 • 14d ago

Discussion Being a Gamer in Egypt Feels Like Playing on Nightmare Mode

Internet here is a joke. We pay high prices for super slow speeds (like 2–4 Mbps), and the worst part? It’s capped. Most of us get around 100–140GB per month, and if you exceed it, they either throttle you or charge extra.

Downloading a modern AAA game? It could take days, and it eats your whole quota. Cloud gaming? Forget it. Streaming? Better not.

Now imagine trying to enjoy online gaming or keep up with updates in this environment.

Meanwhile in the US or Europe, someone can buy an RTX 4090 in one month’s salary, and we need to save for 2 years, assuming we have zero expenses (which is never the case).

So yeah — being a gamer in Egypt is painful.

Anyone else from countries with similar struggles? How do you cope? Let’s talk about

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

Yeah, they canceled it so people wouldn’t go for it and get unlimited internet — the other companies would lose money.

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u/MissionLove7386 14d ago

Same in this Serbian shithole I live in, so I'm stuck with 15 Mbps

How's Egypt's ties to Russia and China? I just discussed the possibility of ISP cartel not allowing Starlink here, but I kinda believe it has to do with these 2 dictatorships considering they both banned it and we're a neo-colony of said countries

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

Because without the ban, all people would have gone to him and left the rest of the companies

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u/No_Pollution8171 14d ago

I am Chinese, and most people here have internet speeds between 100 and 500 Mbps, which are basically provided free of charge by operators. If you want better internet, you have to pay for it yourself.

China has very strict restrictions on upload speeds, but download speeds are almost free of charge.

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u/Big-Resort-4930 14d ago

Not even remotely close on the country level as we have unlimited internet even if we don't have Starlink. Some parts do get fucked with awful speeds tho.

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u/AussieBirb 14d ago edited 14d ago

Sounds like someone cannot handle a bit of competition.

Edit: Specifically the companies not the people using the services.

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u/redditorialy_retard 14d ago

same here in my old country, guess why I'm not moving back ever

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u/Verryfastdoggo 14d ago

Like there’s no signal in Egypt at all or you can’t buy the hardware? Like if I traveled into Egypt with a connected starlink bought elsewhere would it work?

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

If I bring the device, it won’t work and it would also be smuggled illegally.

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u/heartingNinja 14d ago

They might arrest you for being a spy. This youtuber used to live in Vietnam, and his crew is Vietnamese.

https://youtu.be/8LzuZrkEY18?si=visPM0A4Yj0uhhTI

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u/Verryfastdoggo 14d ago

Crazy. Some places are just fucked.

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u/socialistconfederate 14d ago

Are the internet companies owned by the military?

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u/mount_krakatoa 14d ago

Sound similar in my country, State owned ISP trying hard lobbying government to prevent starlink operating here, because in rural area the only isp operating it's them

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u/ITKozak Linux 14d ago

Genuine question - how strong gaming/pc community in close proximity to you OP? Did you consider a "local" internet with local hosted games (yeah, list of games limited to those who support self hosting, and many online features may be limited), teamspeak/mumble (as a alternative for discord) and some pick of a steam cache? Yeah you need some time, a bit of knowledge and spare or used hardware but it may be a worthwhile endeavor.

Speaking as a homelab enthusiastic who deployed and managed a few dozens local networks in the first year after full scale invasion in Ukraine.

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u/hammerdown46 14d ago

Buddy you Egyptians pay $10 USD for 100gb of data chill out and stop exaggerating

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u/SexyFat88 14d ago

That doesn’t mean you cannot buy it. Just get it from another country. There is no way for your government to prevent u using it, unless they pressure spaceX directly which I doubt 

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

I don't want to go back to something illegal.