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posted by martyb on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the teens-there-must-be-very-depressed dept.

The IEEE Spectrum has an article about why Finland is the mobile data capital of the world. Many factors converge. Perhaps the most relvant one is that mobile data plans cover unlimited use and the different operators compete on speed rather than data caps. Also, despite sparse population distribution, very close to 100% of the population has good access to high-speed mobile networks. If plans are followed through, 5G coverage should become commercially available in Finland by 2020.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:15PM (#627201)

    Google says Finland has about 5.5 million people, and that they are all basically the same person.

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:26PM (#627206)

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