Drive-By Internet In Hard-To-Reach Places

oldwindways writes "The BBC reports that in developing nations where it is prohibitively expensive to install the infrastructure for wired internet connections, drive by wireless updates are becoming a popular solution to the demand for internet access. This sounds great for checking news updates, sports scores, and visiting your regular websites, but somewhat limited if you are trying to do basic research and don't know exactly where your search will take you. It is certainly an innovative solution to some of the problems encountered in tackling the digital divide, but what longterm effects might this model have on the development of a communications infrastructure?"

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Re:Sports scores?

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2 words, Customer demand.
They provide a service customers want.

Newspapers give a wide selection of articles because people are interested in different things, this service is just the same.
It says most users cannot read English, so the driver shows them and translates for them.

No wasted paper and a nice scalable infrastructure.
I wouldn't be surprised if this kind of service doesn't take off, there could be franchises all around.
Wouldn't be long term, but it would make money.

Congrats to the guy who put it together.