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0 pointsjoecot3y ago0 comments

You don't. But in the US I'm rarely in a place where I have no data but SMS still works. And Europe has more effective telecom service.

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culturestate3y ago

> Europe has more effective telecom service

Some of Europe has very effective telecom infrastructure, but that's far from universal.

dghughes3y ago

Cries in Canadian :(

culturestate3y ago

It could be worse. Service is so famously bad in Germany that they invented a word for it - Funklochrepublik, which basically means "radio hole republic."

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culturestate3y ago

> Europe has more effective telecom service

Some of Europe has very effective telecom infrastructure, but that's far from universal.

dghughes3y ago

Cries in Canadian :(

culturestate3y ago

It could be worse. Service is so famously bad in Germany that they invented a word for it - Funklochrepublik, which basically means "radio hole republic."

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