Subj : Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
To   : Andeddu
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Jul 08 2021 06:22:22

  Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
  By: Andeddu to Arelor on Wed Jul 07 2021 05:17 pm

 > I don't think that's a problem with 99% of people though because 4G coverage is so good now and 
 > you're at home you should have a decent WiFi connection. For the people who are out in the stick
 > and are unable to sustain a conference call, a traditional phone call would be far more
 > appropriate.

That is a very firstworldler-like declaration to make.

A lot of people on this ball of mud we call Earth does not even have a data plan at all. They just
can't afford it. I have heard a lot of people in India has smartphones without dataplans at all and
they get their Internet fix using public wifis or whatever.

According to the GSMA State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report, as much as 40% of the planet's
population will still be digitally isolated by 2025.

You don't have to be very far off to be out of proper mobile network coverage though. If I drive
for half an hour away of the main city of my province, the quality of the connectivity drops very
sharply.

I am a liiitle bit touchy with this subject because I have noticed a very disturbing pattern when
rolling down technologies like these:

* Technology is first deployed, availability is insufficient, and everybody thinks it is not "quite
there".

* Technology becomes widely available in high density population areas. Inhabitants in high
population areas think the technology is great.

* Inhabitants of densely populated areas claim the tech is ready and whidespread (because it is for
them). The technology starts being deployed in low-density inhabited areas at snail pace.

* Inhabitants of densely populated areas start pushing for sociological changes that surround the
new technology assuming it is widespread. For example, they try to make Internet access mandatory
for certain tasks that used to be doable over a phone line.

* When inhabitants of places where this technology is not deployed at all complain, city slickers
counter with some statement which is true if you happen to live in New York. "How come you don't
have affordable Internet! Stop complaining and get an ADSL subscription! I have one and it is
cheap! Get on with the times man, it is 2005 already!"

For a New Yorker it might seem that 99% of people won't have trouble adopting the tech, but believe
me, this is an skewed assumption.


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