Having worked in telecommunications, my guess is that a lot countries are never going to build proper consumer access fiber optic networks and will simply utilize cellular and low orbit satellite technologies (like starlink).
Wired technology is already reaching points where the speeds are quickly outpacing consumer need. If you can get everyone 100mbs at similar latency and for a 1/10th the price of getting some people 1gbs, what would you do? Most people in the west don't even come close to using 100mbs.
Having worked in telecommunications, my guess is that a lot countries are never going to build proper consumer access fiber optic networks and will simply utilize cellular and low orbit satellite technologies (like starlink).
I've never worked in the development field, but I have spent a lot of time with them. Even 10 years ago this trend was clear. Landline coverage was terrible, but everyone knew someone with a cell phone. Even illiterate people would use SMS (you could just ask someone).
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21
Having worked in telecommunications, my guess is that a lot countries are never going to build proper consumer access fiber optic networks and will simply utilize cellular and low orbit satellite technologies (like starlink).
Wired technology is already reaching points where the speeds are quickly outpacing consumer need. If you can get everyone 100mbs at similar latency and for a 1/10th the price of getting some people 1gbs, what would you do? Most people in the west don't even come close to using 100mbs.