Facebook '2G Tuesdays' to better understand markets like India

Post by vanderZwan » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 11:03 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #159

zamalek wrote: post #154

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There's a very informative XMPP XEP[1] with mobile considerations that touches on what you said (although that analogy of yours is great!). Where my problem lies is: even if I was the cleaner at Whatsapp or FB I'd be making noise about battery life, I'd do everything I could. Put another way: I struggle to understand how a company that is about mobile doesn't put being a good mobile citizen first and foremost. It's n…

> Put another way: I struggle to understand how a company that is about mobile doesn't put being a good mobile citizen first and foremost. Lack of accountability? All the complaints I hear about battery life are aimed at manufacturers, rather than the crap that we shovel on them and forget about. Facebook taking flak over their recent background audio problems was a rare exception.

Post by nhf » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 1:53 AM UTC

shubhamjain wrote: post #128

somberi wrote: post #127

I had recently started building a payment network business in India and the bandwidth situation is constantly at the top of our minds. What makes the situation in India peculiar is not just the lack of 3G, but the variance within the band. It is not unusual to see "3G" connection with 15Kbs speeds. A recent study, which I am unable to dig into at this moment, showed that the aggregate bandwidth of a 3G connection in…

There is also a problem of cellular companies with fake "unlimited" plans. Basically, they offer 3G speeds only till a certain limit after which they throttle it down so much that it is barely usable, like Idea Cellular[1]. I have stopped having any mobile data on my phone and mostly prefer WiFi, since I hate paying for such a limited internet. [1]: http://www.ideacellular.com/idea/select-circle?PlanType=3Gne...

Post by zamalek » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 7:09 AM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #159

zamalek wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a very informative XMPP XEP[1] with mobile considerations that touches on what you said (although that analogy of yours is great!). Where my problem lies is: even if I was the cleaner at Whatsapp or FB I'd be making noise about battery life, I'd do everything I could. Put another way: I struggle to understand how a company that is about mobile doesn't put being a good mobile citizen first and foremost. It's n…

> Put another way: I struggle to understand how a company that is about mobile doesn't put being a good mobile citizen first and foremost. Lack of accountability? All the complaints I hear about battery life are aimed at manufacturers, rather than the crap that we shovel on them and forget about. Facebook taking flak over their recent background audio problems was a rare exception.