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  • @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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    19 months ago

    That’s wild. You got to be in a very remote place for that to ever happen here. Granted, there is a fair bit of competition between the three main telecom companies, and data coverage has been one of the biggest topics between them for over a decade.

    • @poppy@lemm.ee
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      39 months ago

      the size difference helps in Norways favor too I imagine (and probably shape too!)

      • @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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        49 months ago

        It’s certainly smaller than any American state, but for our population it’s fairly big. The topology of the country also isn’t very friendly to cell signals. 90+% of the country is mountainous/fjords. It’s why coverage has been a big selling point, a bunch of people live on some random mountain side in the middle of nowhere.

        From what I’ve heard, there isn’t much competition in the US though, so I guess that plays a part. We got three companies independently building out their own network across the whole country.