4G At Last!

[ARbound]

Well considering the highest speed I ever saw was 5.4mbps on Uruguay Street at 6:45 on a Tuesday last October I'd say, like the dollar blue, there needs to be a 4G/LTE Blue

USA/EU/JP/CN v.s. Argentina SSR

1X Edge/2G
Edge/2G 3G
3G 3.5G HSPA+
3.5G/HSPA+ 4G
4G LTE
LTE Cristina's Transatlantic connection to Europe

 

[Iznogud]

Love the smell of Government bullshit in the morning!

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

The mock-up in Ezeiza looks like something the Germans or Swiss would design and build ... you know ... computerized cargo tracking, hydraulic truck lifts, spotless, meticulous and leading-edge technology.

Now, back to Argentina reality ...

 

[johnw100]

Perhaps a domestically produced and maintained network of carrier pigeons would be a better solution for Argentina, and very nac y pop. Just think how green you'd feel! After all, there are plenty of pigeons in BsAs, you could kill two birds with one stone.

Only problem is it would work for a few years and then the pigeons would realise they have a monopoly and go on strike every month until the government gives them more seed.

 

[Gringoboy]

To quote Kicillof:
"This was also a won decade in the field of celular phones," he asserted, highlighting the fact that in the country 59 million mobile phone lines had been sold, of which 76 percent were currently active.
Which is not the same thing as the existing 3G service actually working as it should do and trying to take credit for '59 million' new lines 'in a decade' is a bit rich.

 

[germano]

The mock-up in Ezeiza looks like something the Germans or Swiss would design and build ... you know ... computerized cargo tracking, hydraulic truck lifts, spotless, meticulous and leading-edge technology.

Now, back to Argentina reality ...

It will probably not look as spotless in real life and not be as cutting edge - but it is urgently needed here. Even with not being as nice as the model it will be a huge improvement over what we have now (especially in Winter):

I am looking forward to that improvement and hope with the new government in Chile it will be built, soon.

 

[Redpossum]

I can see the advantages of this proposal, but if you kill the two birds with one stone, you will get disconnects

I thought about this overnight, and what I read in the paper this morning brought it all together. I think I can now envision how this would work.

First as far as dropped connections, no no, this is Argentina. Clearly, there would be government regulations mandating that all messages be sent in triplicate, to ensure full employment among the pigeons and the raptors which prey upon them.

First there would be the au naturel 2G pigeons, fed upon domestically produced soya. Then, for those willing to pay for slightly faster service, there would be the 3G pigeons addicted to paco, so they'd hurry back to the home roost for their fix. And for those with the big bucks, the 4G pigeons treated with some of that 20 kilos of cocaine they just confiscated, which would blaze across the sky fast enough to leave any hawk in stunned admiration.

Of course, the juvenile delinquent pigeons would then form bands of vuelochorros...

And the pigeons which roost atop the church would then issue a letter of denunciation contra la violencia

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

It will probably not look as spotless in real life and not be as cutting edge - but it is urgently needed here. Even with not being as nice as the model it will be a huge improvement over what we have now (especially in Winter):

I am looking forward to that improvement and hope with the new government in Chile it will be built, soon.

I am very familiar with that route as I rode my motorcycle from Mendoza to Valparaiso once per month for seafood. In July I got stuck in a snowstorm coming back and had to stay the night in Penitentes. The next morning I tried riding home but after 10 kilometers the road turned to black ice. Some truck drivers took pity on me and five of us hoisted my BMW GS onto a flatbed, strapped it down, and I hitched a ride in the cab. It took us 7 hours to get to Mendoza - usually a 3-hour trip. Some of the best experiences and photos I have of riding around Argentina.

 

[germano]

I am very familiar with that route as I rode my motorcycle from Mendoza to Valparaiso once per month for seafood. In July I got stuck in a snowstorm coming back and had to stay the night in Penitentes. The next morning I tried riding home but after 10 kilometers the road turned to black ice. Some truck drivers took pity on me and five of us hoisted my BMW GS onto a flatbed, strapped it down, and I hitched a ride in the cab. It took us 7 hours to get to Mendoza - usually a 3-hour trip. Some of the best experiences and photos I have of riding around Argentina.

Very cool photos! Have you taken your bike across the Pehuenche pass also? I went there during summer once (only by car though) and there were so many people riding their GS across that border. Unfortunately I have no GS

Regarding your night stay in Penitentes: I think you were lucky. Often they close the border for a few days after a storm. Happened to me twice - stuck in Chile for about a week. And when they reopen you have hundreds of trucks waiting along the highway and blocking the lane.

So no more seafood rides to Valpo?

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

Very cool photos! Have you taken your bike across the Pehuenche pass also? I went there during summer once (only by car though) and there were so many people riding their GS across that border. Unfortunately I have no GS

Regarding your night stay in Penitentes: I think you were lucky. Often they close the border for a few days after a storm. Happened to me twice - stuck in Chile for about a week. And when they reopen you have hundreds of trucks waiting along the highway and blocking the lane.

So no more seafood rides to Valpo?

I have not been across the Pehuenche Pass but I did cross at Manzanita once. The longer version of my story is that the next morning they did close the route. I was stuck and spent 4 days in Penetentes skiing. Jajajajaja! They finally opened the route and that is when I got stuck on the ice.

Sold the GS in 2012. Now I live in Buenos Aires with all of the other suburbanites.