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Re:Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland by sliverstorm on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:07AM (#7004263)
There are very good reasons the developed world uses hard lines, and none of them are "we already spent so much money on them". The drawbacks to this sort of network are much less of a problem in the developing world right now.

I mean, my word, you think the interference on your WiFi from neighbors is bad now...

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Re:Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland by cinquemb on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:20AM (#7004292)
>There are very good reasons the developed world uses hard lines

I wasn't saying they wern't good reasons, mostly just pointing out that the economics aren't getting any better (for consumers or companies), you know, C.R.E.A.M and all that…

>and none of them are "we already spent so much money on them".

Gotta love absolutes:

>…The rapid expansion of this so-called distributed generation deprives utilities of revenues while leaving them liable for maintaining the grid. [0] , NRG Energy chief David Crane

[0] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/who-wi...

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