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Ask HN: What technology/software should be free/open source but isn't

1 pointsby cumwolfover 4 years ago

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pcdoodleover 4 years ago
Cellular infrastructure.<p>Just some napkin math:<p>$20 * 12mo * 200,000,000 Users = $48 Billion.<p>Divide that by 3.8 Million square miles give you $128k per year per mile, even in the boonies. You could pay a decent salary for each tower at that level of income.