February 20, 2019 Facebook is bringing satellite Wi-Fi hotspots to rural communities, starting in Mexico
Facebook is partnering with Viasat to deploy high-speed satellite-powered connectivity to rural areas that have previously been internet not-spots.
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Facebook’s role in the expansion will include a direct investment — though no figure has been disclosed — as well as “helping to identify unconnected and poorly connected communities,” according to a blog post.
Footnote - Article mentioned this, "End users pay the local business owner (where the antenna is installed) for a code that enables them to get online for a set amount of time or data. A typical price would be around 50 cents for an hour’s usage or $1.60 for 200Mb of data"
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