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yjftsjthsd-h
569 days ago
> Generally if you got road you got reception.
Er, if you got highway, maybe? I assure you there are plenty of roads that have poor cell reception.
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dzhiurgis
569 days ago
Yes there are, but I my guess is 95%+ of car miles are in areas with good reception. If you are building roads putting cell reception there is trivial.
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seb1204
569 days ago
100% speak to A German high speed rail traveller and she will tell you all about the white spots
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petesergeant
569 days ago
Any idea of the etymology for calling it a "white spot"? Assuming this is a German thing
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ben_w
569 days ago
Terra Incognita — the part of a map that is blank and therefore white:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fer_Fleck
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