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Show HN: Need your feedback on our donation page. Internet access for students
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Ask HN: Which US bank has best online banking, to run operations from overseas?
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by jibla 7y ago
What we can say from our experience of working with poor students, is that they are no different from those kids around us. Contrary to popular belief, the underprivileged accept advanced technology as readily as we do. Young people adopt t
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by jibla 7y ago
Hey, thanks for your insight. The challenge we have at the moment is that we are not as technical as needed for this. And this might be a totally different direction for us, which is out of our expertise field. But I've heard you and w
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by jibla 7y ago
Sure there are more important things to solve for so many families, but In the modern world, we can skip on gradually solving basic needs. We can and should leapfrog. Furthermore, we believe that internet access and access to information c
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by jibla 7y ago
We never target children at an early age. We focus only on High school-school age students, who need it most. As soon as we connect a student the whole family gets access to the internet. It becomes a family thing. You should see high-schoo
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by jibla 7y ago
Oops, thanks. Will fix it.
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by jibla 7y ago
Hey, thanks for the great feedback. - We've tried used laptops. In the short run, they might work, but the maintenance of the used ones is very hard & expensive in the long run. The initial cost might be around 42 USD, but overall
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by jibla 7y ago
No, haven't heard about them until now. Will get in touch. Thanks
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by jibla 7y ago
Although the studies show that people are more willing to give to a certain person (the story behind her/him) rather than a group. But yes, might be still worth testing. Thanks
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by jibla 7y ago
Thanks for the link. I don't remember we've tried this
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by jibla 7y ago
Will reach them out. Thanks
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by jibla 7y ago
Good talking point! Will keep in mind, thanks
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by jibla 7y ago
Do you think we, those who are connected, should give up our internet connections? If not should we leave the rest of the world's population without it?
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by jibla 7y ago
Maybe I am optimistic about the infrastructure, but my point is that according to our research hundreds of millions of families live under the coverage areas and cannot afford an internet connection. Internet affordability is still one of t
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by jibla 7y ago
The prices for internet connection are much cheaper in developing countries 10-15 USD and we work with local ISP's and small Wifi operators where they provide free installations and some operators provide discounts on monthly fees. Reg
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by jibla 7y ago
According to educators and researchers, there is a huge difference whether a student has access to the internet at home or in a public place where access is limited. In terms of creativity having internet access whenever you need it and how
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by jibla 7y ago
Sure, that's why one of the options we consider might be Ubuntu. Chromebooks were fast and cheap solutions to start with.
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by jibla 7y ago
Yes, I also stumble upon many different numbers from time to time, but more or less they are in millions (only US). The mobile internet infrastructure in the US is still one of the most developed. Sprint and Comcast claim that infrastructur
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by jibla 7y ago
At the moment we work with local ISP's and Wifi operators who offer free installations and in some areas discounts on a monthly fee. Btw on Wifi operators is willing to deploy infrastructure in areas where they considered not profitabl
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by jibla 7y ago
Agree. Good point! We had the same issue in Georgia in a village with a Muslim minority population. We try to be very careful when it comes to the privacy issue. We have signed documents of the family members giving us the rights to use pho
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by jibla 7y ago
I understand and maybe 2.5 Bn might be under question. But lets just to narrow it down to one country - US. One of the worlds strongest economy. Only in the US more than 3 million families with school-aged children can't afford interne
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by jibla 7y ago
Got it! Will definitely consider Ubuntu and approach Canonical. Thanks a lot!
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by jibla 7y ago
I also think we should be conscious in giving. but as Chinese proverb says: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. So we think that by giving internet connection we don't ju
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by jibla 7y ago
Gamarjoba:) We've researched this issue thoroughly and the infrastructure is not an issue. While 50% of the world's population lacks internet access only 15% live out of the coverage area of 3/4 G networks. This is actually w
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by jibla 7y ago
Btw it turned out that the Millenials and younger are very much willing to donate to this cause and they do it on a monthly basis since they understand that internet is monthly cost. The cause somehow resonates with them. We are trying to b
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by jibla 7y ago
Right. We have tested Ubuntu as well. Still figuring out what the right solutions are. Do you think Ubuntu might be a better option? Or are there any other solutions that might be relevant for us?
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by jibla 7y ago
We work with the local ISP's and small Wifi operators. After installation families provide their subscriber codes and we set automatic transactions to those codes. Yes we also provide devices which are funded either by individuals (via
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by jibla 7y ago
You are right Youtube is a real gem, but only if used in a proper way. One of the challenges we have, that right after internet installation students check youtube and for the first-time users, it shows only the most popular content which u
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by jibla 7y ago
Besides connecting students, we run an online mentorship program via Chat, online groups, sometimes phone/ video calls. First Students receive a link with a "welcome package"-list of most popular and relevant educational plat

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