2009/6/1 mike.wikipedia(a)gmail.com <mike.wikipedia(a)gmail.com>om>:
You also found any statistics on what prices for
internet access through
mobile networks are? What proportion of the world's people can afford a
internet connection in the first place, and how many can afford a
connection which is useful to browse wikipedia?
I'm just curious as I know someone - a westerner - working in Africa and
finding internet access hideously expensive. (chat and email ok, but she
tells that she avoids browsing the net as the cost is per downloaded MB)
Indeed. That's why I was suggesting not using a regular ISP but rather
having them phone a WMF number to get direct access to the appropriate
data, sort of like the old BBS system. That could be subsidised/free
except for the cost of the phone call (which could hopefully be
subsidised/free, but would require negotiation with the network
provider).