2009/6/1 Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org>: > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 2009/5/31 Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org>: >> > I just found another statistic. Mobile networks cover roughly 80-90% of >> the >> > worlds population. >> > >> > For them, using that mobile network is probably the most cost effective >> > solution. For the rest, giving them enough of an education to have the >> > means to come live with the rest of us, is probably the most cost >> effective >> > solution. >> >> Those are basic mobile phone networks, not internet phones. I don't >> think voice calls and SMS messages are going to be much help. > > > It's mostly GSM. You're telling me these networks can't handle the use of a > GSM modem? If it can carry voice, it can can carry data.
Fair point. I guess I'm so used to broadband I forgot about the existence of dial up for a second! You would need to hand out phones, laptops, and network subscriptions, though - that's getting rather expensive just to give someone an up-to-date encyclopaedia. The network subscription could probably be heavily discounted if you were only able to phone one number and that was to a WMF phone line that handled the updates (so not strictly an internet connection). _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
