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They didn't shut access, it says you can still access it but you have to pay. Obviously still really bad, but the title isn't correct.
by snowpanda 9y ago
They didn't shut access, it says you can still access it but you have to pay.
Obviously still really bad, but the title isn't correct.
- sp332 9y agoWikipedia Zero is the free service which was shut down.
- tomku 9y agoThere is no service that was shut down, the telecom company in question is now charging for traffic going to Wikimedia Foundation domains where before they did not. Edit to clarify: "Wikipedia Zero" is an initiative by the WMF to get telecom providers to allow their customers to access WMF projects without incurring data usage fees. If your telecom provider participates, you don't have to do anything special or different to access "free Wikipedia", you just go to the normal mobile Wikipedia page and you don't get charged for the data.
- neokya 9y agoAlso it's not that Nepal shut it down. It's one of the telecom companies which was offering free access to Wikipedia and Twitter ended it citing low spending customers.