High speed mobile broadband?
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From: Peter Ceresole on 26 Jun 2010 02:57 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Yes. Chile has a very good mobile communications service. Is this because the wired network is fairly primitive? I've been to places where mobiles are the only thing that work; the wired network had simply collapsed and simply getting a dial tone was miraculous enough. -- Peter
From: The Older Gentleman on 26 Jun 2010 09:42 Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > Near Santa Cruz? A few miles away, yes. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: SteveH on 26 Jun 2010 11:03 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > So back to your original question, mobile broadband is pretty good where > > I am, in the south west England, fast enough to be used as your only > > service without feeling hard done by. However, is it likely to be full > > 3G and plenty of capacity there? > > Yes. Chile has a very good mobile communications service. I always find it odd that many less 'developed' nations have pretty amazing mobile networks. It's very rare I can find anywhere in Portugal without a signal - even right out in the hills where only a handful of people live, you can get 3G signals. I guess they (and Chile) have skipped the whole wired communications step and gone straight to mobile as it's cheaper and easier to ensure remote areas are covered. -- SteveH
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 26 Jun 2010 11:55 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:03:16 +0100, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) wrote: >The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > So back to your original question, mobile broadband is pretty good where >> > I am, in the south west England, fast enough to be used as your only >> > service without feeling hard done by. However, is it likely to be full >> > 3G and plenty of capacity there? >> >> Yes. Chile has a very good mobile communications service. > >I always find it odd that many less 'developed' nations have pretty >amazing mobile networks. > >It's very rare I can find anywhere in Portugal without a signal - even >right out in the hills where only a handful of people live, you can get >3G signals. > >I guess they (and Chile) have skipped the whole wired communications >step and gone straight to mobile as it's cheaper and easier to ensure >remote areas are covered. Yep, big chunks of the world are like that. See the USA's shite broadband infrastructure for another example - they got in early, and it's so outdated now it all needs ripping out and replacing. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency." - Alan Turing
From: The Older Gentleman on 26 Jun 2010 11:56
SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I guess they (and Chile) have skipped the whole wired communications > step and gone straight to mobile as it's cheaper and easier to ensure > remote areas are covered. That's basically it, yes. Like many countries skipped railways and went straight to road vehicles. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |