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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by gnufied on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @05:32PM (#9384326)
If internet.org was really about providing internet access to people who otherwise can't access it, what is stopping Facebook from making it open? In current form lets say internet.org allows access to 100+ websites. I assume speed will be slow anyways. So make it open. Speed and data cap will be a deterrent for people wanting to abuse the platform (and things like torrent etc can be blocked anyways)

But I guess that will not serve facebook's interests. As an Indian, I actually prefer no internet at all compared to a moderated list that I am allowed to access. The way things are moving - Govt. has to act to provide internet in India for the last mile consumers anyways. With curated access there is a danger of wanting to maintain status quo because that kind of access - checks a tickbox.

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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by olegbl on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @05:55PM (#9384451)
I believe the price is stopping it. Getting a telco to give you massively reduced rates on a few domains is drastically different than paying for internet access for everybody. Also, please correct me if I am mistaken, but I.org doesn't prevent you actually paying for full internet access?
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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by nileshtrivedi on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @06:31PM (#9384686)
They could put data caps. They could support it with ads. Both of which give neutral access to full open internet. If it has to be _few_ domains only, they could let the user chose his preferred domains on the 1st of every month.

But no, they want to sell the poor out to the highest bidders.

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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by ckrusk on Thursday April 16, 2015 @12:41PM (#9389099)
adding ads will just make the already slow internet slower. loading content + ads is not good for the customer.
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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by nileshtrivedi on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:59PM (#9392190)
Only if the ads are loaded in parallel with the content. The ads can very well be like TV or YouTube ads.
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Re:Blow to Internet.org as Indian Internet Companies Begin t... by rando3826 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @08:55PM (#9385278)
There is nothing more costly about providing open internet than closed internet. If you only look at certain domains, those domains will subsidize the price. It's pushing two things unnecarily into one. It's like, if you can pay for internet if you sell your kidney, then saying internet access with kidneys is too expensive.
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