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My guess would be that they just never considered that there would be first world countries without cheap mobile data everywhere. When I was living in Asia, ev
by fxtentacle 6y ago
My guess would be that they just never considered that there would be first world countries without cheap mobile data everywhere.
When I was living in Asia, even in poorer countries and/or rural areas, there was mobile internet. $1/mo for 4G 1GB. People took it for granted at a level that would be impossible in Germany, because here you can still be without even 3G just a few km outside of city centers.
Also, mobile internet repeaters for tunnels are a solved problem. Singapore had no offline areas in their underground metro. Germany has lots of em.
- rmellow 6y ago> mobile internet repeaters for tunnels are a solved problem. True. Unfortunately in Canada (Toronto at least) the big 4 telco oligopoly can't agree on pricing for this one. The result is a single company offers subway coverage! Nevermind that data here is more expensive than even the US. Where's that Silicon Valley disruption spirit for the telco oligopolies worldwide?
- hangsi 6y agoHere, and probably making its move in the not too distant future: https://www.starlink.com/ https://www.starlink.com/
- ubercow13 6y agoMobile data is cheap in southeast Asia but not very cheap in Japan.