Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by adiM on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:26PM
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A tangential point ... but power cuts in Himachal? I grew up in Himachal in the late 80s and 90s, and power cuts were extremely rare. Himachal was one of the few states that was power surplus and boasted of 100% electrification. Has this changed in recent years?
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by virtualwhys on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:56PM
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Mcleod Ganj may not have the infrastructure that the rest of Himachal does, I don't know. In the last two weeks here the power cuts out roughly 3 times per day, anywhere between 10 minutes and 2 hours, which is apparently pretty good compared to winter when weather can take power out for 24+ hours.
It's not even high season yet, I imagine it will only get worse with mass influx of people stressing the already shaky grid.
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by srean on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:44PM
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Indeed. I remember lots of micro-hydroelectric power plants. Not sure how well the power distribution infrastructure is maintained. Heck of a beautiful place.
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by bluedino on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:59AM
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How useful is 3GB for 90 days?
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by yellowflash on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:09PM
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* per day
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by calvinbhai on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:47PM
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3GB per day, so up to 270GB over 90 days. How useful is 270 GB? ;)
Re:Mobile data: Why India has the world's cheapest
by virtualwhys on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:59PM
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It's per day, and so far has been useful enough to upgrade to Fedora 29. Updating OSX VM with Xcode on the other hand, that may take a while.
Otherwise, 3GB takes you a long way, certainly enough to load Slack and maybe check out HN. \s
Not bad at all, blazing fast compared to most WiFi connections here in northern India (Himachal Pradesh).
Now if the power would stop cutting out... maybe in a few more years :)