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> middle-income countries with comparatively flimsy Internet connectivity Most middle-income countries I've been in had faster internet than the city I grew up

> middle-income countries with comparatively flimsy Internet connectivity Most middle-income countries I've been in had faster internet than the city I grew up in in Canada, and for about $10/mo. Sure, internet goes down perhaps once or twice a month for half a day or so, but it often does in rural-adjacent parts of Canada too. And in middle-income countries unlimited or near-unlimited LTE phone data for tethering is also very cheap. I never truly relied on wired internet in low-income countries, so I can't speak to those. Unless you consider Thailand or Ukraine low income. Although my internet in Belarus and Albania was fast and reliable, and I guess those are low-income countries.

zozbot234 5y ago
I don't think you'd find many Chromebook deployments in rural Canada, either. Having an IoT thin-client device as your main computing platform turns "internet is down/dog slow" from a mild nuisance into a total showstopper for the day.
908B64B197 5y ago
> I've been in had faster internet than the city I grew up in in Canada, and for about $10/mo. > Sure, internet goes down perhaps once or twice a month for half a day or so, but it often does in rural-adjacent parts of Canada too With 90% of the population less than 100 miles from the US border, what's their excuse for being worse than Albania?
- bee_rider 5y ago
  Even that relatively dense 100 miles has pretty low population density by European standards I think. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/canadian-provinces-and-territories-by-population-density.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/canadian-provinces-and-t... Even if we assume their entire population is in that 100 mile range, it is 42 people/kmsq [37.7M/(8891*100)], which is like half that of Albania. Of course the true answer is that it is our bad influence is seeping up across the boarder. Have you heard of Comcast?
- post-it 5y ago
  A government-supported private telecommunications cartel. Also, in Nova Scotia, a government-supported private electricity monopoly.
  - 908B64B197 5y ago
    > A government-supported private telecommunications cartel What's the point? Why not simply have a fair market with competition? > Also, in Nova Scotia, a government-supported private electricity monopoly. I think Quebec has the same no? That's actually one instance where I was told the government was doing a good job. My colleague told me he pays something like 0.05$ per Kw/h. That's insanely cheap. I assume Nova Scotia does the same.

zozbot234 5y ago

I don't think you'd find many Chromebook deployments in rural Canada, either. Having an IoT thin-client device as your main computing platform turns "internet is down/dog slow" from a mild nuisance into a total showstopper for the day.

908B64B197 5y ago

> I've been in had faster internet than the city I grew up in in Canada, and for about $10/mo. > Sure, internet goes down perhaps once or twice a month for half a day or so, but it often does in rural-adjacent parts of Canada too With 90% of the population less than 100 miles from the US border, what's their excuse for being worse than Albania?

bee_rider 5y ago
Even that relatively dense 100 miles has pretty low population density by European standards I think. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/canadian-provinces-and-territories-by-population-density.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/canadian-provinces-and-t... Even if we assume their entire population is in that 100 mile range, it is 42 people/kmsq [37.7M/(8891*100)], which is like half that of Albania. Of course the true answer is that it is our bad influence is seeping up across the boarder. Have you heard of Comcast?
post-it 5y ago
A government-supported private telecommunications cartel. Also, in Nova Scotia, a government-supported private electricity monopoly.
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  > A government-supported private telecommunications cartel What's the point? Why not simply have a fair market with competition? > Also, in Nova Scotia, a government-supported private electricity monopoly. I think Quebec has the same no? That's actually one instance where I was told the government was doing a good job. My colleague told me he pays something like 0.05$ per Kw/h. That's insanely cheap. I assume Nova Scotia does the same.