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by karlkatzke 2647 days ago
I don't think they're being realistic about what the world is going to be like any time soon. While the 5th generation cellular protocols will be great for data in cities, it will still leave people in rural areas behind on 4th or earlier generations because the frequencies don't carry well over distances and the wired/optical backbones need to be in place.
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pimterry 2647 days ago
In the US perhaps. The EU is aiming by 2020 to have 100% of homes have at least 30Mbps+ available if they want it, and 50% of homes actually using 100Mbps+ (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/broadband-stra...).

20GB in an hour is about 44Mbps, so a 100Mbps connection is probably a good goal if you want Stadia to work well.

I'd expect high-speed connection uptake to be quite a bit higher amongst their target market, so over here betting than the majority of gaming users have 100Mbps+ at home isn't that crazy at all imo.

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vorpalhex 2647 days ago
It's sort of a chicken and an egg problem though right? There's not enough demand to build out speedy rural infrastructure so it doesn't get built, and because it doesn't get built, nobody makes applications which would really increase demand.
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dmurray 2647 days ago
Not really, you can build the applications for the billions of people who live in dense cities, and then let the rural population demand access to the same.
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