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There is no facade, they have said the aim is to get more full-internet users to telcos while getting more people on facebook. So, they have convinced telcos t

There is no facade, they have said the aim is to get more full-internet users to telcos while getting more people on facebook. So, they have convinced telcos to give free-basics for free for the poor and soon they will see them switching to full internet. And in the process people will get addicted to fb too. Poor - Win FB - Win Telcos - Win I don't understand, why people are only seeing non net-neutrality way of making money from this. There are ways for them to make money in the above way too.

bduerst 11y ago
Their service used to be called Internet.org, but after getting called out by the EFF and others for not being the internet, Facebook rebranded it. It's definitely a front for what Comcast et al have been trying to do to destroy net neutrality. The only difference is that it's under the guise of a "helping the poor" facade, and you've been fooled by it.
- mkagenius 11y ago
  Non neutral webs can be easily curtailed by government authorities, it has been proven in the past when Airtel tried to give a "fast lane" speed to certain website. Why to kill something when you are not sure that it will definitely result in non net neutral internet. If there are people doubting it, then you must wait till it really makes the web non neutral, then the government can interfere. Government just have to give one notice to the telcos to stop this. This is one experiment which is worth trying.
  - bduerst 11y ago
    Except Facebook isn't "experimenting". They're a for-profit company that is violating net neutrality and damaging ISP market growth in developing nations. Your logic justifying this as an "experiment" is just as unethical as the logic behind something like the AZT trials.