What is the point of `unless you have "X" you can't have Y?` Why shouldn't the poorest of the poor have access to telephones? The cell phone market in India is

What is the point of `unless you have "X" you can't have Y?` Why shouldn't the poorest of the poor have access to telephones? The cell phone market in India is a free(er) market and people have access to cell phone service for less than $5/mo . That is the real story that is interesting.