chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前What is something that should have died out a long time ago?message-squaremessage-square191linkfedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down13
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that should have died out a long time ago?chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square191linkfedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 年前telephony 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-up5·1 年前I’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-up3·1 年前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?
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?