Global leap to 4G and 5G would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.

  • Telecom companies aim to profit from the 2G-to-5G transition as governments worldwide face pressure to free up mobile spectrum.
  • Vietnam is the latest country to shut down 2G by offering free 4G phones to the poor.
  • India and South Africa have expressed concern that the strategy would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.
    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 hours ago

      If you divide an inequality by a negative number you have to flip the sign.

      If you want to divide out the g before knowing if it’s positive or negative you need to make the case distinction.

      If you make the case distinction and one branch results in a false statement (5 < 2 in this case), you have disproven the original inequality, or at least discovered a constraint on the original inequality. Then you arrive back at FooBarrington’s statement that includes the constraint :-)

      • SyntaxError@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        Zero g is only available in special airplanes and in space, so not much of a worry for most people.

        • jim3692@discuss.online
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          13 hours ago

          Damn it! I was dreaming of one day scrolling Lemmy on a 0g connection. You ruined my dreams and I am sad now.