It's not all about the numbers!
Sep 29, 2026 · 22 min · 13 segments
What happens when the Wi-Fi disappears? No Teams. No cloud. No maps. No card payments. And, most importantly for Joel, potentially no Duolingo streak. In this episode of *So What...?*, Chris Argent…
Chris ArgentHost
Mike RoseHost
Joel JohansenGuest
Yeah, which was obviously a good thing because I don't want to be on holiday working, but it put a serious crimp on my Duolingo activities.

Being able to work remotely, incredibly important to us all, but we still have an infrastructure problem with connectivity.

Are we able to get online? Are we able to get access to our data? Are we able to use tools like Zoom, Teams, Outlook, whatever, so that we can stay in touch with our teams? You know, as all industries are developing their ways of working and as we are all finding new ways of being flexibility, I think this topic of connectivity and how we utilize the infrastructure is just going to become more and more important.

And potentially there's going to be a tipping point where, you know, something has to change.

Do any other countries have? Have the same problems? Have other countries resolved it? If you guys know about this, I know, Mike, you spend a

I think anecdotally, I've heard that South Korea is one of the most connected in the world and they have solved that problem.

But I'm pretty sure they went really early about 10 years ago, giving everybody free Wi-Fi.

Yeah, which was obviously a good thing because I don't want to be on holiday working, but it put a serious crimp on my Duolingo activities.

Being able to work remotely, incredibly important to us all, but we still have an infrastructure problem with connectivity.

Are we able to get online? Are we able to get access to our data? Are we able to use tools like Zoom, Teams, Outlook, whatever, so that we can stay in touch with our teams? You know, as all industries are developing their ways of working and as we are all finding new ways of being flexibility, I think this topic of connectivity and how we utilize the infrastructure is just going to become more and more important.

And potentially there's going to be a tipping point where, you know, something has to change.

Do any other countries have? Have the same problems? Have other countries resolved it? If you guys know about this, I know, Mike, you spend a

I think anecdotally, I've heard that South Korea is one of the most connected in the world and they have solved that problem.

But I'm pretty sure they went really early about 10 years ago, giving everybody free Wi-Fi.
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