Developing Nations Crippled By Broadband Costs

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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Re:Kleptocracy and Western Do-Goodism

[Lord Apathy]

Really, if fucking Westerners would quit thinking they needed to "fix" Africa, we might see Africa fix itself.

Really now. The West needs to realize that it can't fix all the problems by throughing money or aid at it. Time we realized that africas problems are being caused by africans and let them sort it out. The west isn't forcing them to breed out of control and fuck like bunnies spreading AIDS and other diseases around. In a place where sanitation is basically where ever the hell you can throw your shit, see flying toilets.

Now is the part where some brain dead liberal chimes in and says if it wasn't for coloniazation. Colonization ended 50 years ago. Time to stop riding that horse.