chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat is something that should have died out a long time ago?message-squaremessage-square193fedilinkarrow-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 month agomessage-square193fedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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?