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Post #231,405

by drewk

10/28/05 4:48:09 PM

More than you'd think

We've got lots of places without cell coverage. We've also got lots of places you can be a day's walk from the nearest electricty, not to mention improved roads. As a comparison, you could put all of Ireland inside Yellowstone National Park, and from lots of that area be more than a day's hike from anything approaching modern conveniences.

Remember, this place is big.

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Post #231,439

by jake123

10/28/05 7:22:27 PM

Yeah, and up here is even bigger, and a tenth of the people

You're going to be out of cell coverage at some point on any highway in Canada outside of the Windsor-Quebec City corridor.

Windsor to Quebec City is further than London to the Scottish border. It takes 24 hours to drive through just Ontario. Etc etc etc.

That said, I do understand the point about having a sat phone; I'm just pointing out that sat phones are a luxury outside the reach of most people in Canada's North. Nothing like living in a frozen desert to really limit the size of a population, and therefore an economy.

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