On 29/May/18 19:21, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I admit that I haven’t been to Eritrea or Indonesia, but using Ethiopia
>> and Malaysia as stand-ins (which I have been to), I can say that while they
>> are the same internet, the level of development, the payment systems which
>> are usable via said internet, and other aspects of the daily use and
>> capabilities
>> which can be utilized on the internet in those countries does vary greatly.
>>
>> For example, Apple Pay is somewhat ubiquitous in Canada. It’s virtually
>> unheard
>> of in Ethiopia. My travels to Malaysia were not recent enough for me to
>> comment
>> accurately on the current state of things.
>>
>> M-Pesa is widely accepted in Kenya, but not at all in the US or Canada.
>>
>> PayPal is popular in the US, but not so much in most of the rest of the
>> world.
>>
>> YMMV.
>>
>> IPv6 is readily available on almost every mobile phone in the US. Less so in
>> Kenya or Tanzania, Eritrea, Canada, or Indonesia.
>>
>> While all connected networks are part of the same big I Internet, not all
>> networks
>> are created or maintained equal and not all services on those networks are
>> ubiquitously available to all users of the big I Internet.
My point is the protocol is the same regardless of where in the world
you are; and the global nature of the Internet levels the playing field.
Who extracts the most out of it is a completely separate discussion.
What I am saying is there are different ways many countries do things.
Deciding on how computer communicate isn't one of them.
Mark.
