Thanks, Rexford! That makes a lot of sense. By quality, I was just referring to the quality of the network connection. Some people I have talked to have told me that network connection is much more important than Internet.org/Wikipedia Zero/other top-layer services when deciding which SIM cards to buy and use. What do you all think?
Thanks, Gennie --- *Gennie Gebhart* MLIS Candidate, 2016 University of Washington Information School [email protected] 206.354.7510 Twitter: @gegebhart | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=213355889> | Skype: genniegebhart On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> wrote: > Considering the *speed*, at the moment, it is hard to determine on my > part, because Internet.org is provided by Airtel, but Wikipedia Zero by MTN. > > Both networks might have different data speed transfer at any point in > time in the day, thus it'll be hard to know for sure which is faster. Yet, > I think both have good speeds. > > With the quality, you mean, The quality of the presented material via > Internet.org or Wikipedia Zero? > > rexford > > > On Friday, September 4, 2015, Gennie Gebhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you so much for the thorough response, Rexford! Can you (or anyone >> else) tell me more about what you think of as the most important >> differences between Internet.org and Wikipedia Zero? It sounds like editing >> capability, how much content is or is not stripped down, and server >> considerations are key. Anything else? Do you consider the speed/quality of >> various networks, as well? >> >> And thanks for chiming in, Raphael - very much looking forward to hearing >> what you think. >> >> Thanks, >> Gennie >> >> --- >> >> *Gennie Gebhart* >> MLIS Candidate, 2016 >> University of Washington Information School >> [email protected] >> 206.354.7510 >> Twitter: @gegebhart | LinkedIn >> <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=213355889> | Skype: >> genniegebhart >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Raphael Berchie <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Good to hear from you Genie I will let you know my thoughts pretty soon. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> *Raphael Berchie* >>> Marketing Manager Farm Fresh Dairies <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> >>> Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open >>> Advocate, Climate Change Activist,Blogger >>> <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> >>> P.O Box CT 10469 >>> Cantoments Accra >>> Ghana >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Nkansah Rexford < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Good to hear from you, Gennie. >>>> >>>> And welcome to Ghana. I hope you enjoy your stay. >>>> >>>> Concerning the questions you raised: >>>> What are their greatest benefits, and biggest problems? >>>> >>>> *Internet.org* >>>> Benefits: >>>> >>>> - I see no benefit with that thing. Its to most extent, a devil in >>>> disguise. >>>> >>>> Problems: >>>> >>>> - It doesn't even work for PCs. Many using mobile devices doesn't >>>> totally mean the whole world has gone mobile compulsorily. >>>> - It doesn't play well with Wikipedia, especially when it comes to >>>> editing. Other websites aside Wikipedia loaded by the internet.org >>>> is heavily stripped down. >>>> - Pages requested by users go through a proxy server, and who knows >>>> what is stored or looked at or tracked by whatever the proxy server is. >>>> >>>> *Wikipedia*: >>>> Benefits. >>>> >>>> - Reading/Editing works the same and seamless >>>> - viewing on PC/Mobile allowed, >>>> - communication with Wikipedia server is a one-on-one affair, >>>> without any middle-proxy-server things. >>>> - Pages aren't stripped down, What you request is what you get! >>>> >>>> >>>> Problem: >>>> >>>> - I won't say its a problem, but room for improvement. Lack of more >>>> network providers supporting Wikipedia Zero cause. Again that's not >>>> necessarily a problem, because it ain't the fault of Wikipedia Zero. >>>> >>>> >>>> How do you think they are serving different people and communities in >>>> Ghana? >>>> I think some survey or research into this will be great. I'll love to >>>> hear the findings. >>>> >>>> What do they mean for the future of the Internet in Ghana and >>>> internationally? >>>> Wikipedia Zero means everything, in terms of education and research. I >>>> wish I could say same for Internet.org, but honestly, makes no sense (at >>>> least to me) at the moment. >>>> >>>> Just my 2¢ >>>> rexford. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, Gennie Gebhart <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good evening everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, Mohammed, for the introduction (and for coming to meet at >>>>> the University of Ghana yesterday). And thank you everyone for the warm >>>>> welcome! Like Mohammed said, I am an American graduate student at the >>>>> University of Washington, and I am in Ghana for about a month doing >>>>> research on Internet.org and Wikipedia Zero. >>>>> >>>>> My research is focused on how Ghanaian mobile users interact with >>>>> Internet.org and Wikipedia Zero. This includes how people think about them >>>>> and the Internet in general; why people use (or do not use) them; and >>>>> if/how the they affect how people purchase data (e.g. deciding on carriers >>>>> and SIM cards, choosing a data plan vs. pay-as-you-go, deciding how much >>>>> data to buy, etc.). >>>>> >>>>> Beyond those questions, though, I am most interested in hearing what >>>>> you in the Wikimedian community think is most important about Internet.org >>>>> and Wikipedia Zero. What are their greatest benefits, and biggest >>>>> problems? >>>>> How do you think they are serving different people and communities in >>>>> Ghana? What do they mean for the future of the Internet in Ghana and >>>>> internationally? >>>>> >>>>> Any feedback you can give me will be immensely valuable. You can email >>>>> me directly, or just respond to the listserv and we can get a discussion >>>>> started. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you in advance! >>>>> Gennie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> >>>>> *Gennie Gebhart* >>>>> MLIS Candidate, 2016 >>>>> University of Washington Information School >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> 206.354.7510 >>>>> Twitter: @gegebhart | LinkedIn >>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=213355889> | Skype: >>>>> genniegebhart >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Celestine Sucess < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Welcome Gennie >>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015 10:00 PM, "Ray" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Welcome Gennie. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Gennie is a researcher interested in the Open Internet, more >>>>>>> specifically Net Neutrality and Zero Ratings. Her research promises >>>>>>> to provide interesting insights concerning the use and extent of >>>>>>> Internet.Org and Wikipedia Zero in Ghana. This would go a long way to >>>>>>> answer some of the pertinent questions we’ve been asking about them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also, she and her team are touring the country to visit interesting >>>>>>> places, and as you’d expect - they’ll be taking loads of pictures : ) >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> I promised we can help upload onto commons. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let us welcome her to this mailing list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Masssly >>>>>>> Sent from Windows Mail >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | khophi.co >>>> <http://khophi.co/about> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>> >>> >> > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | khophi.co > <http://khophi.co/about> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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