2009/6/1 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > You also found any statistics on what prices for internet access through > mobile networks are? What proportion of the world's people can afford a > internet connection in the first place, and how many can afford a > connection which is useful to browse wikipedia? > I'm just curious as I know someone - a westerner - working in Africa and > finding internet access hideously expensive. (chat and email ok, but she > tells that she avoids browsing the net as the cost is per downloaded MB)
Indeed. That's why I was suggesting not using a regular ISP but rather having them phone a WMF number to get direct access to the appropriate data, sort of like the old BBS system. That could be subsidised/free except for the cost of the phone call (which could hopefully be subsidised/free, but would require negotiation with the network provider). _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
