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Disclaimer : I live in a village in Rajasthan. People will still the WiFi device and sell it for pennies. They don't spare road light in many parts of cities.
by rayanimesh 6y ago
Disclaimer : I live in a village in Rajasthan.
People will still the WiFi device and sell it for pennies. They don't spare road light in many parts of cities.
- p1esk 6y agoWould 5g service be a better solution?
- nirav72 6y ago5g still needs backhaul infrastructure.
- p1esk 6y agoYes, we’re talking about the last mile
- gpm 6y agoEveryone has wifi enabled hardware to use as a client, no one has 5g hardware, so no?
- p1esk 6y agoIn 1000 days everyone will have 5g service on their phones
- gpm 6y agoMany people in first world countries will. Some people in first world countries and probably most in Indian villages don't even have 4g yet. So I doubt that in 1000 days they will have 5g when we are barely producing any devices today with that capability.
- p1esk 6y agoThe reason they don't have 4g now is mostly because there's no 4g service, not because people can't afford 4g enabled phones. I'm pretty sure by now 4g phones are just as cheap as 3g phones.
- gpm 6y agoNew phones, yes. But many people don't have new phones. Especially in poorer places. 1000 days if substantially shorter than the lifecycle of phone models. New cheap phones today don't have 5g, you see the timing issue?
- p1esk 6y agoHow do they access internet right now? Whatever that is, it will continue to be available. Those who want something better will upgrade their phones.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoNot so soon and definitely not in India.
- p1esk 6y agoThe same could be said about having fiber to every village, yet here we are discussing just that.
- murukesh_s 6y agoif the WiFi devices are ubiquitous, then there would be less incentive to steal.
- NullPrefix 6y agoCopper is quite ubiquitous too, yet some still steal live cables
- jiggawatts 6y agoI'm from a former soviet republic, so I know what leads to this kind of thing, but it's still horrifying to have stated so matter-of-factly.
- sneak 6y agoDetroit had the same problem with copper wiring in street lights until a few years ago, when they went LED and were able to reduce the size of the conductors and switch to aluminum, reducing the value of stripping them for scrap.
- ISL 6y agoDidn't we already learn (post-WWII US) that aluminum wiring is an unreliable idea?
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoBetter unreliable wiring than stolen wiring?
- ldiracdelta 6y agoThere is functioning aluminum wiring all over the place in america, still operational to this day. I just has problems with overheating and catching fire if the load is too big. If you know the load will never change...
- sgc 6y agoNo. The problem was in the 70s, with single strand solid conductors which were legal for only a few years due to fire hazards. Multi-strand aluminum is still used all the time. The single strand can work itself loose if installed quickly/without proper care due to expansion and contraction, it's not a concern for multi-strand. Single strand is also ok for a dedicated line to a single appliance / load, which is what these lights would be.
- eliseumds 6y agoOh, I know the feeling. In my hometown in Brazil they've installed these very tall LED poles with spikes because of thieves. People here will even steal your old thongs or plant vase if you leave them outside. It's insane.
- imtringued 6y agoAlso happens in South Africa but they steal batteries and sell them for a good profit: https://youtu.be/P2gSsN8NlRg https://youtu.be/P2gSsN8NlRg