On 13/08/2019 9:16 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
On 12/8/19 7:38 am, JLWhitaker wrote:
This is something that needs to be kept in mind. ...
Last month I signed up for $15 a month mobile broadband. After the
first 5GBytes, the service is throttled to 1.5 Mbps. That is fast
enough for email and web browsing, but not streaming broadcast quality
video. The wireless modem I use costs $39.95.
https://blog.tomw.net.au/2019/07/capped-speed-mobile-broadband-data.html
ps: The policy of using public libraries to provide free Internet
access, has worked well, since being formulated in the mid 1990s:
http://www.tomw.net.au/nt/vision.html
While I agree with all that, these people can't afford $15/mo and one of
the points of the article is that transportation costs money. If you are
elderly and/or disabled, often both, getting to an office to keep your
benefits going may become impossible. Public transport in non-metro
areas can be impossible. It doesn't exist. If people on benefits are
actually going without food because their benefits are too low, how are
they supposed to pay for taxis or a mobile phone plan?
I have an answer, but it wouldn't help anyone here who already have
'everything' quite easily.
Jan
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