<div dir="ltr"><div><br><br>"I am convinced that Facebook and their ad agencies completely
underestimated the Indian public." Picture shows protests in Hyderabad
against Facebook’s campaign. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
<br><br><br><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/trai-bats-for-net-neutrality-internet-power-to-the-people/article8214991.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/trai-bats-for-net-neutrality-internet-power-to-the-people/article8214991.ece</a><br><br></div>CONGRATULATIONS to the Indian public!!<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:0px"><font size="1"><i><span style="font-weight:normal">'Chance Favors the prepared mind'</span></i></font><font size="2"><i> </i><span style="font-weight:normal">-<font size="1"> Louis Pasteur</font></span></font><br></h1></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 15/01/2016, Deirdre Williams <<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Mwendwa,<br>
> Perhaps I'm using an inaccurate definition for the "next billion". It's<br>
> within that context that I've been thinking about "free basics". If it is<br>
> necessary to "connect the next billion" then it seems to me that they must<br>
> be currently un-connected.<br>
> I'm very interested to see the prices that you quote. Things are rather<br>
> different here.And I'm not sure that solar chargers have made it to Saint<br>
> Lucia, except possibly to the well off.<br>
<br>
</span>Here are the GPRS phones for $10 <a href="http://www.orange.co.ke/en/product/kaduda/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.orange.co.ke/en/product/kaduda/</a><br>
The Solar chargers which are very popular with the rural community are<br>
here <a href="http://www.kebuysell.com/Sale/Solar+Lamp+With+Phone+Chargers/s3va12" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.kebuysell.com/Sale/Solar+Lamp+With+Phone+Chargers/s3va12</a><br>
<span class=""><br>
> You don't answer my point about ISP subscription - but I expect this is<br>
> probably because you are thinking of people who already have and use an<br>
> appropriate type of phone, and therefore already pay a subscription<br>
<br>
</span>I agree with you that Internet prices remain high in many developing<br>
countries and issues of access and cost should still be addressed.<br>
Mobile service providers have come up with very small Internet bundles<br>
of upto 7Mb for $0.05 but you can imagine what you can do with a data<br>
limit of 7MB. This is actually very expensive because if you scale it<br>
up, its like 140MB of data goes for $1<br>
<span class=""><br>
<br>
> Finally we may need to be a little careful about statistics. Mobile phone<br>
> penetration in Saint Lucia is greater than 100% (I think this is true<br>
> generally across the Caribbean) but that DOES NOT mean that everyone has a<br>
> phone.<br>
<br>
</span>It would be interesting to know the barriers people face to owning a phone.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> It would be instructive to be able to do more comparison among different<br>
> parts of the world - thank you for sharing your perspective with me.<br>
<br>
</span>Yes the statistics don't necessarily mean one to one ownership of a<br>
phone but a ratio of phone ownership with the population.<br>
<br>
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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br>
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