That's incorrect. People in India already have access to pretty cheap internet. A one day ~50MB GPRS pack costs $0.1 and can be voluntarily renewed daily. That'

That's incorrect. People in India already have access to pretty cheap internet. A one day ~50MB GPRS pack costs $0.1 and can be voluntarily renewed daily. That's ₹10. And for the extremely poor(who are being targeted by Facebook) that's not a big sum to pay. You'd consider that if they can spend $50 on a phone, they can spend that much once in a while to access critical information like whether and crop prices. This is disregarding that monthly edge packs for up 3GB data are available for less than $5 from most providers and the speeds are very usable. There is not such a huge barrier as is being portrayed by Facebook. A better comparison would be a very cheap book rental store which can lend you anything you want to a free private library which controls what and how you read.