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I don't know if this is practically true for a lot of these countries. In a lot of these countries, a vast majority of the population doesn't have easy education, and are often poor. Countries like India have a much better percentage (but still small) of the population that can afford the internet, that ISPs are incentivized to grow and expand. Countries like Zambia -- not so much (I don't actually know if internet.org is in Zambia). I don't know that a small business in Zambia has the capital to expand considering how many people can afford it.


Interesting question.

Should foreign companies be allowed to create monopolies, because potential local competitors do not have enough capital currently?

I guess the obvious answer is no, but its still an interesting line of discussion.


  >I don't know that a small business in Zambia has the capital to expand considering how many people can afford it.
The answer is yes. There is a Liquid Telecom[1] is laid lots of fibre in Zambia, with the intention of having fibre coverage from 'Cape to Cairo'

1.http://liquidtelecom.com/news-events/news/263-liquid-telecom...




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