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One of the fascinating things about developing countries with poor infrastructure is to see them leap from certain old tech straight into the new. Phone lines? Why bother cell phone towers everywhere. Poor roads for delivery? Heck let's just use drones! Good stuff. 

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One of the fascinating things about developing countries with poor infrastructure is to see them leap from certain old tech straight into the new. Phone lines? Why bother cell phone towers everywhere. Poor roads for delivery? Heck let's just use drones! Good stuff. 
Add internet to that. Why get a computer, or even a tablet, when you can internet on a cheap Android phone.

The lack of regulation and enforcement helps too.
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Add internet to that. Why get a computer, or even a tablet, when you can internet on a cheap Android phone.

The lack of regulation and enforcement helps too.


I’m in software development. This all sounds like greenfielding new projects vs adding to bloated legacy systems to me. Greenfielding provides an opportunity to use the latest and greatest, often more cheaply and efficiently than adding the same functionality to a legacy system. As features are added to a system, not taking proper care to maintain the existing system and keep it extensible slows feature development when compared to providing the same functionality in a brand new environment. The infrastructure of the US has been built up over a long period of time with fluctuations in the desire and ability to maintain it and keep it extensible. Building in areas with little or no existing infrastructure provides an opportunity to deliver solutions more cheaply and efficiently. It’s why a lot of the world has faster internet, or better cell service, or both; they’re using the best of what the world has to offer without the burden of building within a system that is difficult to change due to its complexity.
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