Comments on: Linking the “Other 3 Billion” to the Web

By: patdevereaux (patdevereaux)

patdevereaux (patdevereaux) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:13:51 +0000

@mailandguardian Why are they using underground cable? http://whiteafrican.com/2008/09/10/linking-the-other-3-billion-to-the-web/

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10 Great Reads Around Africa | White African — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:07:02 +0000

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By: Gwamagobe

Gwamagobe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:32:41 +0000

This is very interesting and will certainly accelerate development to the majority of poor people.The confusion comes in on how a person living below poverty line will manage to buy computer and be connected to the internet. But can be solved by starting producing low cost computers for the same purpose and prepare people in the remote areas on how to use and benefit from forthcoming the internet service.

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Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:06:24 +0000

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By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:23:15 +0000

Interesting stuff. While the technology will bypass alot of the beauracracy if it makes it, what is being done to get the machines to the right people. I would think a venture like this become the right fit for both mobile provides looking to get more content on 3G phones in Africa and people like One Laptop Per Child. They will need someone who can get the machines out there for it to have quick impact. What about subscriptions and revenue generation with so many people off the grid? will they explore the prepay model?

By: ksjhalla

ksjhalla — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:36:21 +0000

This is sweet — in our last call regarding BarCampAfrica, our lead at Google suggested that they would reach out to the team that worked on the O3B deal to help us learn more — more soon.

By: Veronica Henry

Veronica Henry — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:08:54 +0000

I think that whatever the next generation of the Internet looks like, this technology could/should be adaptable enough to accommodate, however, our next biggest concern is how to get computers into the hands of the people who most need them in order to take advantage of this.

By: fimbo

fimbo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:33:00 +0000

WSJ reports the venture has only raised $60 M out of an estimated $650 M. Personally i get the feeling that the internet ( world wide web) will be yesterday’s technology by 2010, even in Africa.

More interesting/valuable is the expansion of local content/communities, like say reaching critical mass on a Kenya wide web.

You don’t need satellites for that!