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All the misinformation and lies to help the goverment win another term.
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The reason they don't have 4g now is mostly because there's no 4g service, not because people can't afford 4g enabled phones. I'm pretty sure by now 4g phones are just as cheap as 3g phones.
New phones, yes. But many people don't have new phones. Especially in poorer places. 1000 days if substantially shorter than the lifecycle of phone models. New cheap phones today don't have 5g, you see the timing issue?
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I wish I had that too.
You have food though right? 3,000 children in India die every day from poor diet related illness. I'm sure they would prioritize food over internet. https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-due-to-hunger-in-I...
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No doubt, though I'm also curious about architecture. Most of these types of deployments tend to go with a GPON variant, with passive optical splitters: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_optical_network However sometimes 'Active' (transitional?) Ethernet is used, which may cost more from a fibre perspective, but the gear at the end can then be traditional Ethernet which allows for taking advantage of economies…
It will likely be point to point optical networking (Ethernet/OTN) on these links. Once you get to the last mile, PON (probably GPON for now; XGS-PON is starting to come down in cost now, but is still probably 2x GPON generally). Point to point kit is cheaper till you get to the customer-facing aggregation, at which point per-port cost of PON vs PtP is much more in PON's favour, and PON customer kit is very cheap fro…
Is there a cross-over point when one becomes cheaper than the other? Total number of customers, customer per kilometre run, customer/population density, other?
> PON on the other hand isn't good for long range links.
There are certainly 'traditional' Ethernet AOM optics that can reach 40 and even 80 km (before getting into the long-haul stuff from the likes of Ciena), but given that most PONs seem to reach at least 20 km for not-outrageous splitter ratios (1:8 ~ 40km, 1:16 ~ 25-30km, 1:32 ~ 15-20km), how far does one actually need to go for most fibre runs?
A recent video on Utopia Fibre has them using AON, and they claim it ended up generally being cheaper:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e9DNwInTE4
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Telecommunication_Open_In...
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I would say both are priorities, govt efforts can't be in sequential priority. what about villages that already have access to water, should they wait for other things until all villages catchup ? imagine access to youtube & vast knowledge, may be it will spur the commom folk to take matter into their own hands and improve their lives.
I would say providing clean water + food should always be prioritized over internet access
Should we cancel NASA budget because there were homeless people? Should we reduce public library budget because of people are suffering due to police brutality?
Every section of government is different with its own budget and goals, because a nation can move forward on all fronts.
Nobody is saying that providing clean water is not a priority. Provide fast internet is just a new priority on table. it does not necessarily mean reducing priority for other items.
Current government only wants more people to have internet, so that they can spread their toxic religious nationalist propoganda. Also spreading more misinformation. Mob lynchings are going to increase with all the WhatsApp news riling up the Go-Rakshaks (cow defenders). And more. All the misinformation and lies to help the goverment win another term.
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So what facts did you glean from that comment? > Comments like these give proper context to foreigner like me who don't know how inclined the Indian government is to follow through on their promises You do realize that India is a Democracy and that there is no one "Indian Government" but successive Governments that set their own policies right? Just because it was the case some 10 years ago doesn't mean it will conti…
> So what facts did you glean from that comment? That there is not a culture of following through on promises like these. That doesn't mean that they won't this time, but it also means that I shouldn't be surprised if they don't. > You do realize that India is a Democracy and that there is no one "Indian Government" but successive Governments that set their own policies right In systems like India (and my own country…
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You have food though right? 3,000 children in India die every day from poor diet related illness. I'm sure they would prioritize food over internet. https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-due-to-hunger-in-I...
How many children die from poor diet related illness in your society? And your point is what exactly?