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Im not from the states either but I assume it's the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or the subway. I'm assuming wifi is spotty because of the difficulty of connecting t
by mberger 10y ago
Im not from the states either but I assume it's the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or the subway. I'm assuming wifi is spotty because of the difficulty of connecting to a moving access point. No idea what the Wyoming problem is. Im assumign the India problem is access point overloading.
- gvb 10y agoThe Wyoming problem is miles and miles of empty land with no cell towers within reach.
- Fnoord 10y ago> Im not from the states either but I assume it's the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or the subway. I see. Since its an acronym and doesn't reference to a person named Bart lets call that the BART problem. > Im assumign the India problem is access point overloading. On WiFi? In large cities the WiFi problem is bigger, but 5 GHz alleviates a lot of the pain if you are stationary. I've been seeing a lot of cheaper phones (even recent) only having 2,4 GHz. My router can only set itself it either 2,4 GHz, or 5 GHz, so having one device which only can do 2,4 GHz is a problem. In large cities, the solution here appears to be more 4G APs. If you're moving, 4G (or WiFi AP in the mobile vehicle using 4G like the trains have here) solves the problem since it supports roaming very well and has a longer range than WiFi. There's also the option of Femtocell. For subway systems, the tunnels are already there (which includes safety exits and such) so building connectivity via Femtocells seems like a logical way to solve the problem. This does have a cost attached to it, and also planning and testing.
- sdenton4 10y agoIndia is mostly 2g and 3g, though there's a major new 4g network being rolled out now. That said, recent studies show that 4g networks greatly reduce in speed as they near capacity; many US cities have seen 4g speeds cut in half as more people have come into them.