Is no one worried about one company being too present in many aspects of our Internet experience? If Facebook wifi becomes a big success, shall we be in the same dominance debates we are in at the moment? On 7 Mar 2017 12:59 a.m., "Ali Hussein via isoc" <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Alex
No, that's Free Basics. Which is a different product.
https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/
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On 7 Mar 2017, at 7:54 AM, alex watila via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
my understanding was that the connectivity provided is only to access Facebook
On 7 Mar 2017 07:29, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
The other day someone posted this story on the list. Here's more details on this:-
Surf Internet partners with Facebook to offer affordable Internet <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Facebook-takes-on-telcos-with-low-cost-Internet-in-Nairobi/539550-3839636-ask1wt/index.html>
Here's an interesting way for Facebook to spread the love..
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