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In developing nations, we often don't even have good internet. Uploading a 20 MiB file to Dropbox may fail a few times. But these days developers often forget t
by higerordermap 6y ago
In developing nations, we often don't even have good internet. Uploading a 20 MiB file to Dropbox may fail a few times. But these days developers often forget these kind of situations.
- rklaehn 6y agoBad internet is not just a thing in developing nations. It is also an issue in developed countries as soon as you leave the cities. And factories are often in rural areas. E.g. in Germany, as soon as you leave the big cities, the options are atrocious. I live in a very rich and touristy village in the German alps. I get 50 mbit/s DSL, which is actually just 25mbit/s down because the wires are so bad. For comparison: in rural Romania, I get gigabit fiber to the premise for an eye-watering 10 EUR / month...