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Developing Nations Crippled By Broadband Costs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the holy-crip-it's-a-crapple dept.

eldavojohn writes "If you live in the EU, you probably enjoy low broadband costs. If you live in Finland, it's even a legal right. If you live in the US, you probably pay a moderate cost. But if you live in the developing world, a UNCTAD report paints your picture pretty grim. Ridiculously high bandwidth costs are inhibiting developing nations from enjoying productive use of the internet — like online banking and market tools."

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  1. The solution... by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pigeon net. Apparently a carrier pigeon is faster as well.

    1. Re:The solution... by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wouldn't really call it faster for anything mentioned in TFS because of the fact that while you can get a lot of data really fast via pigeon there is terrible latency.

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  2. Re:Development crippled by what? by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yeah..don't forget food and shelter too.

    "Hey, Unbooboo....I'm starving, naked and wet....but, man, I'm getting like 10 Mbit download speeds!!"

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