I am planning to join the wikitrain from India. Lets see if things figure out!
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Arnav Sonara <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey, > > I don't know if anyone from India is planning the same or not. But I think > its difficult to enter China from India via Road or rail network due to the > relations between two countries and of course not forgetting about Tibet ;) > > But it seems pretty interesting so I did search a little and found that > one Chinese guy actually did this and shared it on his blog. Sharing those > links with you > > 1. > http://www.indiamike.com/india/indian-railways-f10/china-to-bangladesh-by-land-a-railfan-s-journey-in-india-t127648/ > > 2. http://www.yaohua2000.org/2010/20101222/en-1.html > > Please do let me know if anyone from India is up for this adventure :) (Or > anyone from Europe planning to go China via India) > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thomas, >> >> The cell coverage is quite excellent in China especially when compared to >> the US. In fact, the rural areas of China are paid attention to in >> particular since the legitimacy of the telco duopoly rests on supplying >> universal coverage. >> >> A number of years ago, I was traveling from Guilin down to a small town >> in southern China by river. It would be several hours on a boat, creeping >> down the stream surrounded by the steep karst mountain valleys you see in >> postcards. The problem: I needed to make a crucial phone conference call at >> a particular time, while in transit on the five hour boat ride. I figured >> it'd be impossible to get a cell signal. >> >> I asked the hotel concierge before I left, "Is there a small town I could >> stop in and make a landline call?" >> >> He looked at me quite confused, and said there should be cell phone >> coverage the entire way. >> >> He was right -- during the 5 hour ride, I never saw less than 80% signal >> reception and the phone call was crystal clear. All throughout China in >> rural and isolated areas, it's common and expected to get wireless signal. >> >> Don't even get me started on how bad the US is in this regard. :) >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Thomas Dalton >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Jan 19, 2013 3:48 PM, "Alan C Y Lai (Wikimedia)" < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> > 3G coverage in China is fairly decent I think - if you can have >>> pictures from things like gridlocks on motorways to riots in towns on Weibo >>> or other online forums fairly quickly then you can see that the mobile >>> coverage is extensive. >>> >>> I know coverage in urban areas is pretty good, but have they really got >>> good coverage in rural areas? That would require far more investment in >>> mobile infrastructure that we've had in the UK! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -Andrew Lih >> Associate professor of journalism >> USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism >> Email: [email protected] >> WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com >> BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com >> PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > Thanks > Arnav (ricku). > (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Piyush Singh B.Tech and M.Tech Mathematics IIT Delhi
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