Cars with built in wifi hotspot
Mar 3, 2015, 4:16 pm
#16
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Except that a large portion of those 3.8 million square miles don't really matter, because they don't have any people in them. Verizon (for example) covers about 95% of the US population with LTE (303M out of 319M).
http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/LTE/Overview.html
http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/LTE/Overview.html
Mar 4, 2015, 4:09 pm
#17
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For that matter, you can cover 80% of the US population by covering 14% of US counties. Or, to take an extreme example, half the US population lives in counties that make up 3% of the area of the US. The bulk of the land mass of the US is largely empty.
Mar 5, 2015, 5:33 am
#18
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You can cover 95% of the US population by covering counties representing 37% of the country's land area. It just doesn't make business sense to nearly triple the area covered in order to increase your addressable market by 5%.
For that matter, you can cover 80% of the US population by covering 14% of US counties. Or, to take an extreme example, half the US population lives in counties that make up 3% of the area of the US. The bulk of the land mass of the US is largely empty.
For that matter, you can cover 80% of the US population by covering 14% of US counties. Or, to take an extreme example, half the US population lives in counties that make up 3% of the area of the US. The bulk of the land mass of the US is largely empty.
It's a gimmick right now. In 10 or 20 years, it'll be the norm.
Mar 6, 2015, 3:53 pm
#19
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I would bet a great deal of money that the population coverage of wireless data networks won't be meaningfully different in 2025 than it is today, without large government transfers from people who live in less remote areas (which are the only reason those areas have fixed telecom services, or electricity, for that matter).
Mar 26, 2015, 11:11 pm
#21
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I picked up a CLA250 from SIXT at ATL with built in wifi. but no account so it doesn't actually have internet. Just a data point. 
After national sent me a bill for 3k for damage i didn't do while using a free day on Christmas day I'm trying to cut my business to them as much as possible.
After national sent me a bill for 3k for damage i didn't do while using a free day on Christmas day I'm trying to cut my business to them as much as possible.
Jun 18, 2016, 7:16 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2004
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I know this is an old thread but still useful info for others. Silver Car has built in Wifi in their Audi A4s. Check if they are at the major airports you will be near. https://www.silvercar.com