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Given more time the market will develop a solution if there is demand for it. Just like mobile phones are actually being bought in developing countries, somethi
by qompiler 14y ago
Given more time the market will develop a solution if there is demand for it. Just like mobile phones are actually being bought in developing countries, something not really foreseen 15 years ago.
Forcing something like this on telecom providers will result in the a delay in providing internet access to everyone, it will result in government interference with subsidies and cripple the evolution of the internet not only in developing countries but world wide.
Patience is the keyword.
- McP 14y agoThis isn't being forced on anyone. Mobile operators are doing this voluntarily: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships
- neilk 14y agoWoo, a TTL (time to libertarian) of 10 minutes! This is being done by the carriers themselves, not the government. And by the way, what makes you think the carriers don't understand their own business? Here's a Wikipedia page to review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader .