[gopher] Gopher-Project Digest, Vol 69, Issue 26

[Walter Vermeir]

I have seen once a picture of somewhere in Africa, a hill in the middle of
nowhere, that was very popular. And a huge boost for the local economy.
This because you could get there a telephone signal if you bind you phone
on a stick and hold it up.

Interesting that things can be so similar sometimes in the first and third
world.

Sorry for the top posting, tablet.
Op 24-jan.-2016 19:52 schreef "巫白雪" <wubaixue at gmail.com>:

> >I am not aware of using SMS in USA. ......
>
> Hah, interesting.  That is a stark difference from here in the USA.
> Mobile services in general are grotesquely overpriced, putting them out of
> reach for many people.  Data is usually tightly metered.  Many people
> (including me) do not have smart phones, can not get nor afford restrictive
> mobile contracts, or otherwise live in areas where there is no data
> service.
>
> My old school cell phone, for example, barely gets service in my town.
> Despite costing 30cents a pop, SMS is thus generally how I talk to family
> and friends via cell.  My new mobile hotspot can get very slow 3G service
> when I pack it in a home brew waveguide (a tin can), raise it on a 7 meter
> tall mast, and point it to the nearest highway.  I use ham radio to send
> email sometimes.  And this state of affairs is considered *very high tech*
> for most of my neighbours...  So there is your unfiltered USA baseline.
>
> Most techies in the USA seem content to merely make more
> byte-bloated smart phone apps for the wealthier Americans who can afford
> unlimited internet access in their bandwidth rich cities without regard for
> these realities.  Elegant and practical solutions which could address the
> "digital divide" like Gopher are derided by the cool kids in Silicon Valley
> as "laughably old", apparently because there is no money in basic
> infrastructure and wider infotech support.  So, God bless mother Russia.
>
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