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Reminds me of when Facebook explored building out new internet infrastructure in third-world countries, because they were literally running out of internet user
by brundolf 6y ago
Reminds me of when Facebook explored building out new internet infrastructure in third-world countries, because they were literally running out of internet users to capture
- arbitrary_name 6y agoUhhh, that's still an area of major investment for them. Look up Facebook Connectivity.
- brundolf 6y agoYeah thought it might be, wasn't sure
- nceqs3 6y agoI know a guy who worked on that project (Facebook Aquila). It was a huge failure to say the least.
- jonas_kgomo 6y agoI find this interesting with 2Africa(Facebook) and Equiano project(Google), using Free Space Optical Communication. To me it seems as a way to have ownership of the physical infrastructure of the internet and also have sway on how the digital infrastructure can become a monopoly separated from the Telecom companies around Africa.