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> Right now, there are no other providers in these areas.

This largely isn't correct. There are other providers, they just cost some money.

This [0] comment by aravindet captures everything that one needs to know. These people are going to get the internet, the question is whether we should allow some company to spend its capital turning them into a captive market for its own financial gain.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568892




If they can get internet without internet.org, then they aren't exactly being forced into it, right? I still don't see how the consumer is losing by having more choices, and how they would gain if internet.org would be disallowed.




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