Comments on: Subsidized Internet: what can we learn from countries that offer this programme? https://ict-pulse.com/2021/03/subsidized-internet-what-can-we-learn-from-countries-that-offer-that-programme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=subsidized-internet-what-can-we-learn-from-countries-that-offer-that-programme&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=subsidized-internet-what-can-we-learn-from-countries-that-offer-that-programme Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kamutula https://ict-pulse.com/2021/03/subsidized-internet-what-can-we-learn-from-countries-that-offer-that-programme/#comment-172379 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:13:33 +0000 https://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=156996#comment-172379 Probably the key distinguishing factor here could be that people are being exposed to tools they may otherwise never have had the opportunity to be exposed to. And that exposure may have in-built potential for other knock-on effects.

With regard to population group comparison in the case study give, I thought comparing the ratios of the total participants to the total population in the different groups would be a more revealing method of determining which population group got better traction for the initiative.

In any case, any comparisons would not take away from the fact that ( I feel ) the initiative does have some intrinsic value to society, even if it just translates in one participant informally sharing the knowledge with another person or two. Still that’s value.

]]> By: owen https://ict-pulse.com/2021/03/subsidized-internet-what-can-we-learn-from-countries-that-offer-that-programme/#comment-172378 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 15:53:28 +0000 https://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=156996#comment-172378 Subsidizing internet is not going to help many low income families because the internet is in essence a rabbit hole of costs that are never ending. The only way it could feasibly work is if the service was provided separately by government.

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