chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoWhat is something that should have died out a long time ago?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that should have died out a long time ago?chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 hours agotelephony only uses a subset of internet things so building just telephone lines is cheaper, which matters especially in the global south
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoI’m no expert on the subject, but it’s my understanding that mobile networks are being deployed much more widely in the global south than wired telephone lines, and they’re usually internet-capable.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agowait, you’re right. not sure what i was thinking of… then i guess it’s an easy way to get a unique human-readable subscriber identifier?
telephony only uses a subset of internet things so building just telephone lines is cheaper, which matters especially in the global southI’m no expert on the subject, but it’s my understanding that mobile networks are being deployed much more widely in the global south than wired telephone lines, and they’re usually internet-capable.
wait, you’re right. not sure what i was thinking of… then i guess it’s an easy way to get a unique human-readable subscriber identifier?