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Originally Posted by Harmon
The US is a lot bigger than Sweden so hot spots are further apart even in large cities. There are still places where there isn't even 3G coverage. It's fairly easy to find a free hot spot in parts of Chicago, where I live, but a bit harder in some other cities. I was recently in a hotel near downtown Miami & the closest free wifi wawmin a McDonalds half a mile away. So the convenience factor looms a bit larger here.
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Yep. It's an issue of density. There are very few of our major cities that are as dense as even what ranks as a smaller city in most of Europe and Asia. I live in what's considered a fairly large city here in the US (one million people) and even in downtown, WiFi coverage would be spotty. Our population is slightly larger than Stockholm but our population density is 2,223.21/km2 where Stockholm's is 4,411.8/km2. The density of Chicago is more in line at 4,848.3/km2.