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October 7, 2013 09:39 pm GMT
Internet access is astonishingly expensive in some parts of the world. The International Telecommunications Union estimates that fixed broadband costs 30 percent of the average monthly wage within the developing world [PDF]. To address this,Google, Facebook, USAID and a host of top-tier tech companies have teamed up to make the Internet universally affordable.The newly launched Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) aims to achieve the UN development goals of keeping Internet access costs below 5 percent of monthly income worldwide.
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The Internet Costs 30% Of Monthly Wages In Some Nations. Google Wants To Help.
Internet access is astonishingly expensive in some parts of the world. The International Telecommunications Union estimates that fixed broadband costs 30 percent of the average monthly wage within the developing world [PDF]. To address this,Google, Facebook, USAID and a host of top-tier tech companies have teamed up to make the Internet universally affordable.The newly launched Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) aims to achieve the UN development goals of keeping Internet access costs below 5 percent of monthly income worldwide.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ngfZeJpaAW0/
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