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I'm skeptical this wouldn't end up being like Mark's plan to give free "internet" access to India, where "the internet" is selected websites. Anyway I kind of
by studentrob 9y ago
I'm skeptical this wouldn't end up being like Mark's plan to give free "internet" access to India, where "the internet" is selected websites.
Anyway I kind of doubt Musk's plan comes to fruition before more threats to Net Neutrality come up. Right now we need to address it at a policy level. New ways of accessing internet won't prevent people from trying to monopolize and control it.
- hackerkid 9y ago> free "internet" access to India, where "the internet" is selected websites. Did you confuse India with China?
- studentrob 9y agoNope, https://www.cnet.com/news/why-india-doesnt-want-free-basics/ https://www.cnet.com/news/why-india-doesnt-want-free-basics/
- hackerkid 9y agoThe free basics plan proposed by Facebook was rejected by the telecom regulatory authority of India due to the protests from people. This was a standadlone incident which happened in 2016. Later 2016 saw the introduction of Jio 4G service provider which began to provide super cheap 4G service for the masses (approx 5$ for 28GB and it was free when it launched) which made other telecoms to drop the prices massively. Apart from some sites which Government has censored I have experienced no major problems with India's Internet. I even traveled from the southern part of India to the northern part in train enjoying uninterrupted 4G Internet earlier this year(Around 2400Km). We are happy how India's ISPs are going and don't have much to complain. Thank you.
- studentrob 9y ago> Apart from some sites which Government has censored I have experienced no major problems with India's Internet. Good luck with that.
- hackerkid 9y agoTo be clear the websites blocked in India by the government are majorly piracy sites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websites_blocked_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websites_blocked_in_India