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Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by beisner »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #24
biztos wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually two of my cafés have a "no computers in the evening" rule, one also has a "no computers on the terrace" rule. Now that I think about it more, with fast mobile data I don't think network speed is going to be much of a factor for places like that. For #1, if you have ten people all on Zoom meetings at the same time, isn't that going to kill your fast-for-a-café bandwidth?

> For #1, if you have ten people all on Zoom meetings at the same time, isn't that going to kill your fast-for-a-café bandwidth? Not unless they all start at the same time. If they start a little staggered from each other, there will be time to boot the first person out for trying to do a video call in a cafe around other humans before the next one starts. Working in a cafe is completely reasonable, and wouldn't dist…

Eh, from a noise level there’s no difference with having an in-person meeting at a cafe, which happens all the time and is not bothersome (depending on the cafe).

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by jjeaff »

cpgxiii wrote: post #41
devxpy wrote: post #35

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I dont get why these 4g routers are so expensive. I can get a phone with snapdragon processor, lte chip, display, battery and everything for around 1/2 the price of a decent 4g router, its insane. Market theory sucks for the consumer.

Part of it is certainly an issue of volume, but in the consumer space low-cost (or "free" subsidized-by-plan) 3G/LTE mobile hotspots have long been available. Those models are basically the modems and radios of a mid- to high-end smartphone in a cheap plastic enclosure with a battery. If you want metal enclosures (i.e. actual thermal design for prolonged operation), multiple ethernet ports, better routing support, no…

Are any carriers still subsidizing phones? I have only seen buy one get one free with a new line. ATT just has a payment plan but you still pay full price.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by JoshTriplett »

beisner wrote: post #51
JoshTriplett wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For #1, if you have ten people all on Zoom meetings at the same time, isn't that going to kill your fast-for-a-café bandwidth? Not unless they all start at the same time. If they start a little staggered from each other, there will be time to boot the first person out for trying to do a video call in a cafe around other humans before the next one starts. Working in a cafe is completely reasonable, and wouldn't dist…

Eh, from a noise level there’s no difference with having an in-person meeting at a cafe, which happens all the time and is not bothersome (depending on the cafe).

There's a noticeable difference between an in-person meeting and a call. Most people are a lot louder in the latter.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by devxpy »

cpgxiii wrote: post #41
devxpy wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont get why these 4g routers are so expensive. I can get a phone with snapdragon processor, lte chip, display, battery and everything for around 1/2 the price of a decent 4g router, its insane. Market theory sucks for the consumer.

Part of it is certainly an issue of volume, but in the consumer space low-cost (or "free" subsidized-by-plan) 3G/LTE mobile hotspots have long been available. Those models are basically the modems and radios of a mid- to high-end smartphone in a cheap plastic enclosure with a battery. If you want metal enclosures (i.e. actual thermal design for prolonged operation), multiple ethernet ports, better routing support, no…

I don't get how this works. Isn't someone down the line earning more profits than they would be in the smartphone industry?

Like Obviously, the sheer resources required to create a router are minuscule compared to a phone, so then who exactly will be pocketing these extra resources that I'm paying for, and why?

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by somada141 »

As others have mentioned the bottleneck is typically getting a good mobile plan especially if you intend to move around a larger region across borders. The EU has sort of gotten to a point where roaming costs are no more (with the right plan). E.g. I have 20GB/m I can use anywhere in Europe for 20pounds/m (Vodafone) without incurring roaming costs but once you introduce video-conferencing or video streaming that's not gonna cut it regardless of how good the signal is.

Thus I've found in the past 11 months that I've been nomadicking around Europe that you often depend on getting some good wifi which is quite the hassle (especially in rural destinations). I have high-hopes for apps like this to create a knowledge-base for areas with good broadband.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by [deleted] »

mothsonasloth wrote: post #45

This seems like another "silicon valley" issue, solving problems for an elite few people in society who have the luxury to bum about for 6 months working in hostels (if you can truly say they are working as effectively as they did before they put a backpack on).

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