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> Somaliland receives its Internet connection via microwaves across the desert from Djibouti. Surely the main way people access the internet is through 3G eith
by jdmitch 13y ago
> Somaliland receives its Internet connection via microwaves across the desert from Djibouti.
Surely the main way people access the internet is through 3G either directly on the phones or on mobile broadband. When I was in Hargeisa in 2008, 3G connectivity was common, and I would assume that it is still the case (though its possible Abaarso doesn't have a very good mobile connection).
- Jtsummers 13y agoI took that to mean the region (and thus the service providers) and not the individual users.
- jlgaddis 13y ago> Surely the main way people access the internet is through 3G either directly on the phones or on mobile broadband. I don't know if that's true or not but I'd be willing to bet that most of the cellular towers there (providing 3G/mobile broadband) are themselves using microwave backhauls, quite possibly the same one(s) carrying the "Internet connection".
- mattlutze 13y agoYeah, even cellular data needs to come from somewhere. The towers generally connect to the same backbone used for ground line Internet. You wouldn't do satellite internet connections for cellular towers because of the awful latency.
- xtrumanx 13y agoActually, what he means are the ISPs in Somaliland receive their internet from Djibouti via microwave (at least Somtel does; not quite sure about Telesom). The ISPs then distribute their internet connection to their customers via DSL, 3G, etc.