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Not all Americans can afford $50 USD / month for a luxury service. There are also wide swaths of the US that don't have any better options since telecoms refuse
by tjarratt 16y ago
Not all Americans can afford $50 USD / month for a luxury service. There are also wide swaths of the US that don't have any better options since telecoms refuse to build more infrastructure.
- bmj 16y agoAgreed. My company's offering opened my eyes to two things: 1. Many people, even in the States, have sloooow connections at home. 2. Many people have very poor cell/GSM/GPRS coverage. We still have to provide a POTS modem for our handheld data collection devices[1]. [1] We just released a new device (smartphone) that supports a POTS modem. Think of that! A cellphone that transfers data via a dial up modem.