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"Internet without connected power is pretty common around here." Oh, that's interesting! I always thought this to be an outlier scenario. What is "here"? Can

• michaelt 4y ago
  Even in the south east of the UK - compared to the US, an very densely populated area - there are some homes that have wired telephones, but rely on generators for power [1] Presumably because at some point, it was cheaper to buy 30 years of diesel than to run a power cable, and yet cell coverage wasn't widespread enough to replace a wired telephone. Of course, we can debate whether providing telephone service is us beneficent city dwellers generously subsidising our backwards rural cousins for the good of their children; or us being taken for fools and subsidising the rich's gigantic holiday homes and rental properties. [1] https://goo.gl/maps/M1f69iet5mcmKXTr8 https://goo.gl/maps/M1f69iet5mcmKXTr8
  • crispinb 4y ago
    Fortunately here we have sun and don't need generators ;)
• crispinb 4y ago
  "Here" is Northern NSW, Australia. I have no idea of the numbers, but it's not uncommon in rural Australia.
  • runarberg 4y ago
    This is HN, we should be able to find the numbers. How many people live in rural Australia and have no access to grid power? Of those how many could greatly benefit from a high speed low latency internet connection? I know Australia does keep population statistics, and surely if it is indeed not uncommon for people to do remote work from areas without connection to grid power, somebody must have done a survey, otherwise you’d just be guessing.