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This is really cool! In so many 2nd and 3rd world/poor countries internet is a luxury, as the price of bandwith is so high. Philippines for instance, a country
by cheesedoodles 12y ago
This is really cool! In so many 2nd and 3rd world/poor countries internet is a luxury, as the price of bandwith is so high. Philippines for instance, a country that mainly provides connectivity through limited 3G and LTE, have a monthly price of about 30 beers from the local bar. In comparison, I pay around the price of 4-5 local beers, for 100/100 fiber.
Its sucks so hard that people cant afford to get knowledge from internet. Especially considering they would benefit greatly as schoolbooks are expensive and in some countries, censored.
- matiasb 12y agoHack author here, in my country, Paraguay, you get 10 MBPS for ~140 U$ per month. I discovered the Internet through my father, because he is a journalist and the press had really early access to this kind of tech, 20 years later I'm still crazy about it. Thanks for the comment!
- cheesedoodles 12y agoWow! Thats really expensive! Hard do access stuff often sparks creative ideas and solutions :) Keep on hacking!
- hobarrera 12y ago~70USD for a symetric 3Mbps static-IPv4/6 connection in Argentina. I believe asymetric normal connections cost about ~40USD. A beer is about 4USD, IIRC, if that helps the comparison.