Great Power Technology.

Chapter 389 Will Musk receive bacon?
The grandmother who couldn't get through the phone thanked Ye Zhou and his party in dialect. Ye Zhou learned from the guide that she thought her son didn't answer the phone because she couldn't understand the "no service" on the phone. I was abandoned.

For her, this was probably the scariest thing she had encountered in this dying age.

After making the phone call, Ye Zhou taught her how to listen to the notification tone on the phone. Her mood immediately improved, and she even pulled the guide to insist on keeping him for dinner, but Ye Zhou's trip was not over yet, and everyone could only decline. .

After leaving grandma's house, Ye Zhou and his team continued to go to other residential areas. The repairmen of the maintenance team had to do road tests in each residential area, so they happened to be on the same road with them. After seeing a few typical left-behind elderly people, Ye Zhou The boat set off to return, while the maintenance man continued to go deep to do his routine road test work.

After returning to the river valley, Ye Lan, who had been holding back for a long time, finally spoke.

"Brother, now I know why Starlink is a waste."

Ye Zhou glanced at her and felt a little funny in his heart.

In fact, before setting off, Ye Lan had an argument with herself because of the practicality of Starlink.

From her point of view, although Starlink has various problems, the advantage of coverage in remote areas exists objectively. We should not reject it, but should find ways to seize the opportunity.

Ye Zhou disagreed with this point of view, but what he said to Ye Lan before were all technical solutions, such as insufficient effective channels, poor stability, the difficulty of infrastructure construction is no less than that of ground base stations, high energy consumption of Starlink ground base stations, and difficult maintenance, etc. , these reasons are convincing if they are presented in a digital way, but when they are spoken out in vain, others really can't listen to them.

"Why do you say it's trash again? Come on, tell me?"

"The first one is the issue of cost. Brother, as you said before, the cost of a Starlink satellite is 200 million Dole, but the channel width is only 40G, and now an ordinary 4G base station has 20G, and just heard that People say that the construction cost of a small station is at most 20, RMB.”

"Although there is a certain gap in coverage, it is actually not a big problem to make up for the gap in scope through quantity."

Ye Zhou nodded, and added:

"Actually, most base stations now have microwave solutions. In remote areas, the distance between two base stations can be extended very far. The continued development of this technology will further offset the coverage advantages of Starlink."

Ye Lan hummed and continued:

"And it's not just that, I think it's mostly a difference in route."

"Specifically, listen to it?"

"That's right, look, Starlink's PPT claims to solve the problem of network coverage in remote areas, but in fact, what they solve is only network coverage."

"Maybe the residents there can use the Internet, but they won't enjoy the extra bonus of infrastructure at all."

"There is no need for road construction, inspection and maintenance, and exchange of personnel and materials. So what if there is a network?"

"If you buy something online, can it be delivered to me through the air? Do you have to rely on the postman? Since you rely on the postman, why not do the ground infrastructure well?"

"The way of thinking of Starlink is completely different from our current way of thinking. We really want to build a fully connected world, but Starlink. If this system is built, it will only create information islands one after another. .”

Hearing Ye Lan's explanation, Ye Zhou nodded first, then shook his head.

"It makes sense to say so, but it's not entirely correct. The Starlink system has natural benefits for Ugly people, because they essentially don't have 'lower-level needs' like us."

"When we see that there is no network in an area, we will further think that they also have no water, no electricity, and no commodity circulation. Therefore, when we solve the problem of no network, we will consider how to solve it simultaneously with the highest efficiency. All other questions."

"But they don't need it. On the one hand, their transportation network and lower-level living standards are higher than ours; on the other hand, to be honest, they don't care that much about the life and death of a small number of people."

"Can't eat? You're hungry, who told you that you can't drive to buy it?"

"Under their system, the best solution is to heal the head if you have a headache, and treat the foot if you hurt your feet. That's why Starlink is going so smoothly. But we can't do it. We have to do it right once. This is a temporary peace. The essential difference for Wanshimou."

While speaking, the group of people had already returned to the Tekes River across the "tourist area" and "non-tourist area". They bumped into a maintenance personnel of the State Grid. Nets already use exoskeletons.

He carried a tall storage box on his back. Against the background of snow-capped mountains and rivers, it was really exactly the same as the picture in Death Stranding.

The only difference is that he and the group he represents are not simply running for rewards and benefits.

Ye Zhou took out his mobile phone to take a picture of this scene with emotion, and Ye Lan even ran up to take a photo with him. Seeing his back gradually walking away, Ye Lan said:
"Brother, the exoskeleton you made is quite useful."

Ye Zhou smiled and replied:
"Which thing I made is useless --- no, the exoskeleton is not my credit, only the battery part is related to me, don't exaggerate my contribution."

"I know, I know, anyway, you are all good comrades!"

"You also have to be a good comrade. Well, try to make the old man call you comrade too!"

"Hmph, just wait, sooner or later there will be that day."

After 6 hours of walking, the group finally returned to the camp. The others had already prepared dinner. Ye Lan ran to the old man and talked about what happened today. When talking about bones and other topics, the old man inevitably wiped away some tears emotionally.

He never thought that this kind of problem could be solved in this way.

Not to mention him, Ye Zhou actually didn't think of it either.

The impact of technological progress on this country is far more than what he can see from his high position.

At the very least, relying on the achievements of a series of industry developments such as communications, electric power, and infrastructure, it has really allowed some people to eat.

And this is just the first step. After the subsequent cross-terrain vehicles are further developed, the difficulty of ground transportation and the cost of material transportation will be further reduced. The so-called coverage advantage of Starlink will be completely reduced to a joke.

As for the equipment cost of the communication system?
Let Huaji offer a 0.5% discount first, anyway, they often offer [-]% off and [-]% off.

The most expensive thing is never the equipment, but the construction process, just like the lowest profit in domestic communication equipment is not the equipment, but the maintenance service.

At this time, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone in the camp set up a fire and cooked noodles. They were planning to have a special afternoon tea to replenish their strength, but the guards outside suddenly brought a person over.

It was the overhauler in charge of communication maintenance.

He was holding a big bag of things in his hand, and his expression was a little uneasy. He was obviously frightened by the battle in this camp. After seeing Ye Zhou, he said:
"Leader, I have something to give you, if it's inconvenient, forget it"

"what?"

Ye Zhou stepped forward curiously and asked.

"Well, the bacon given by grandma, she said that she can't eat it anymore, some of it is for you, some is for that old man, and some is for me——I don't want it."

The guide on the side also stood up quickly. He took the bag from the maintenance man and opened it to see that it was full of blackened bacon.

"It was brought to us in its entirety."

Ye Zhou nodded slightly, and said:
"It's a little thought from her. Just accept it. After the service point is built, you can help arrange it and pay attention to her daily life."

The guide nodded quickly, and then, Ye Zhou invited the maintenance man to have noodles with him, but the latter finally came over after a while of refusal.

The washed bacon was cut into slices and thrown into the pot. It mixed with the soup and gave off a strange smoky aroma. Ye Zhou picked up a piece of bacon from the bowl and threw it into his mouth, chewing hard.

It's really hard, not something the elderly can bite into.

However, it is also really fragrant.

He looked beyond the camp tent to the rolling mountains in the distance, then to the still blue sky, and finally stopped at a certain place in the high sky, a question suddenly appeared in his mind.

Will users of the Starlink system give Musk bacon?

(End of this chapter)