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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mafuy on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:34AM (#26089621)
Certainly less, but not by a factor of 40...
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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by dwild on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:32PM (#26093602)
The median telecom technician in India[1] make $3,406 USD a year, while a US[2] one makes $55,878 USD a year.

It's certainly not a factor of 40, but at 16x it's still quite significant. I'm pretty sure the population density which is 10x higher can factor for the 2.5x remaining.

[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Job=Telecommunications_... [2] https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/telecommuni...

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mafuy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:48PM (#26187496)
Interesting. My latest info was an income difference that is far smaller (around factor 2 to 4 in tech jobs). Thanks for the update.
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