I don't know about the types of broadband out there but anyway, is Wikim[p]edia Zero
really the future?
For example, by myself I do not know if I actually edited (or read) WP more/less when I
used Airtel and MTN’s free services some months ago. We can all test this on ourselves
lets see!
Even though it might be tempting to readily conclude that Zero rating is the panacea to
our “minimal participation” problem it might just be one tiny aspect of it. The paper
below suggested “beyond unavailability of internet” the inexistence of structures that
promote this type of activity.
It keeps me wondering if aspects of our culture actually hold us back from participation,
including the few in our society who can afford good internet, yet are not so interested
at all.
-Masssly
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From: Nkansah Rexford
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 7:59 AM
To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group
There exist Mobile Broadbands as well, so the statistics done by the article mentioning
the 'less than 1%', what type of broadband are they talking about? With Broadband
you mean Landline connections? Because everyone in Ghana who uses Any of the GSM networks
are technically on Broadband as well and so is the rest of africa too
(
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wireless_broadband#/Mobile_wireless_broadband)
If they're referring to general broadband of any type, then I think the less than 1%
isn't correct. If they're referring to 'cable landlines' broadbands, then
fine!
And note too that, Wireless broadband can be fast (if only our dear network providers
unleash their full potentials).
The workaround, imho, is more network providers joining the Wikipedia Zero fold, and
perhaps, one day in near future, the 'Wikimedia' Zero
On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Masssly <masssly(a)ymail.com> wrote:
It has been confirmed once again that the availability of broadband is a clear factor in
the propensity of people to participate on Wikipedia.
With less than 1% of Africans (including large companies and institution) on broadband
connection I'm just wondering if there's any "workaround" this problem
towards increasing participation, accepting the fact that we won't still have good
Internet possibly in the next few decades.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2657107
-Masssly
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