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		qingcharles on May 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Engineering for Slow Internet Here in the USA a great number of networks will drop back to 2G when their data plan runs out. And most poor people are on really low data limits, so they spend most of the month on 2G. Try using Google Maps to get around on 2G :(

luuurker on June 1, 2024 [–]

I can imagine how bad it is.

By the way, Google Maps supports offline maps. If the user can download the map (a few MB for a city), then at least the basic stuff will be fast.

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