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		samsolomon on Feb 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Plan to Give Every Cellphone User Free Data I was under the impression that the issue was on the infrastructure side not with the devices themselves. If that's the case, I'm not sure how this replaces the drones that Facebook was planning to use and deliver internet.

wormseed on Feb 28, 2016 [–]

~85% of the world population are covered by mobile networks

There are more people who have access but don't buy data because it's too expensive than people outside of any coverage.

sgift on Feb 28, 2016 | [–]

e.g. my provider wants 10 Euro per GB if I want more than my "free" 1.5 GB per month.

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