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Re:Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down in Egypt by thebenedict on Sunday January 03, 2016 @01:59PM (#10831760)
How would you prefer poor people in your country get access to the internet? Who should implement it and who would pay?
Re:Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down in Egypt by ZenoArrow on Sunday January 03, 2016 @03:13PM (#10832123)
The infrastructure already exists. IIRC Free Basics uses the existing mobile internet infrastructure. I would suggest it'd be better for ISPs to offer a free, data capped tier, funded by whomever chooses to do so (governments, charities, etc...). If Facebook truly wanted to be philanthropic they could fund a scheme like this, rather than following a plan designed to directly benefit their core business.