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Internet.org: A Facebook connectivity lab project
- thomseddon 13y agoIs is just me for whom this site is completely broken?
- tijs 13y agosame here, looks like this was not release ready yet.. whatever it is.
- thomseddon 13y agoI think it is supposed to be ready: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101322049893211?stream_ref=10 https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101322049893211?stream...
- lukasm 13y agoApart from 1min of marketing bullshit the move shows (15s) solar powered drones used for the same purpose as Google loon http://www.google.com/loon/ http://www.google.com/loon/
- th0br0 13y agoopen via incognito, probably your ad-blocker (disconnect.me in my case) kills the page.
- tijs 13y agoyeah that was it. first time it really mucked up a layout like this for me. Guess that's the downside of hosting your static assets on the facebook cdn :)
- ErikHuisman 13y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=pxX6r-xDgG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=pxX6r-xDgG4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXwthh-xLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXwthh-xLQ
- batoure 13y agoSo, I don't know if people remember this; but in the late nineties almost this exact thing was described as being the way that cellular communication was going to come to remote parts of the world. It turned out that demand made this completely unnecessary, within 5 years cellular companies in Africa and Asia became some of the most profitable companies in the world and global coverage is only improving. Why do we convince our selves that these types of drastic measures are worth the capital we expend to make them happen?
- wmf 13y agoBecause it sounds cool. Waiting for the market to fix things is boring when you could "hack" them instead.
- migrantgeek 13y ago"Why do we convince our selves that these types of drastic measures are worth the capital we expend to make them happen." My cynical guess? Wealthy people with liberal guilt. As for the companies, more eyeballs == more money. I agree with you. It's hard to force this. If the underlying infrastructure is lacking (clean water, food, medicine, clothing, safety) then the internet isn't going to take hold. If the core infra is already in place, they're likely already working on bringing the net in.
- batoure 13y agoI have traveled pretty widely and the most remote place I ever went to was an un-mapped village in sub-Saharan Africa a 16 hour drive from the nearest large city. I was there last about 4 years ago, at the time I felt the most away from civilization I had ever been, then my cellphone rang, I had 5 bars. In January a man I met in that village sent me a friend request on Facebook they have 3g now. >clean water, food, medicine, clothing, safety aren't really profit centers. but bringing internet service to as many people as possible... is worth its weight in gold to major telecoms.
- tmikaeld 13y agoThe initial result is that gangs will go around stealing in masses by force and sell it for profit, as you pointed out - the demand need to be there, the basic social infrastructure need to be there. Look at china, it's exploding with cellphones because the society is catching up to modern advances. I think there is better ways to do good in the world rather than force a technology, like food, water and shelter. There are +800 million that are starving, fix that first!