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This sounds like an appropriate test for equipment deployed into large areas of Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East where T-Mobile/Sprint don't operate.
by wavefunction 6y ago
This sounds like an appropriate test for equipment deployed into large areas of Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East where T-Mobile/Sprint don't operate.
- madrox 6y agoI don't think the problem is the companies but the band itself, which follows physical laws. GP has experience with the limits of this band because it's used by Sprint/T-Mobile.
- wavefunction 6y agoSure, but perhaps it's an improvement on any existing coverage options or even a lack of any.
- joecool1029 6y agoI just don't buy it. One way to make a system like this work is heavily proxy and strip rich media out of the network (Globalstar sells a device called the SatFi that does this for their MEO constellation, Opera Mini used to do it for featurephones), so you can support quality of service in a remote population. There's a financial incentive for Facebook to provide access to a specially crafted 'walled garden' that's designed for lower bandwidth scenarios. Facebook has tried this shit before in India without touting special network hardware and it was not well received: https://www.cnet.com/news/facebooks-free-basics-internet-service-bashed-in-india/ https://www.cnet.com/news/facebooks-free-basics-internet-ser...
- petre 6y agoYup, this is exactly "Free Basics” reloaded. Fortunately their sat blew up in their face and then Jio erased any competitive advantage they might have had in India.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoBut given that way more Indians now have data, I'm not sure that it's much of a loss to Facebook, as they got the users.
- x87678r 6y agoThey dont have buildings there? or no trees?