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Other countries with the population density of US rural areas? Which ones specifically, and what did it cost them?
by DennisP 5y ago
Other countries with the population density of US rural areas? Which ones specifically, and what did it cost them?
- ceejayoz 5y agoIf Africa can manage it, we probably can. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-of-sub-saharan-africa-mobile-phones-are-more-common-than-access-to-electricity https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-...
- DennisP 5y agoThat article is about telephony, not broadband internet. We have telephony everywhere too.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThey're using mobile telephony to access broadband internet. https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/the-state-of-mobile-internet-connectivity-in-sub-saharan-africa/ https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/the-state-of-... > Mobile broadband coverage has also increased substantially in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it is still the region with the largest coverage gap; one in five people live in an area without mobile broadband coverage – an estimated 210 million people. If 80% of Africa can manage mobile broadband, it seems likely the USA can.