NBTC to offer free Internet access in remote areas

[Jonathan Fairfield]

NBTC to offer free Internet access in remote areas

By The Nation

 

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will provide free high-speed Internet access to 600,000 households totalling 1.8 million people in 3,920 villages in remote areas for three years.

 

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said on Tuesday that the free Internet access would be made available from May 2019.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Economy/30361116

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-25

[wgdanson]

If they cannot afford the internet, how will they afford a PC or tablet to use on it?

 

And what happens when the three years are up?

Edited December 25, 2018 by wgdanson

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Do they have to register with a particular political party in order to qualify for the service?

 

[chama]

On 12/25/2018 at 6:56 AM, wgdanson said:

If they cannot afford the internet, how will they afford a PC or tablet to use on it?

 

And what happens when the three years are up?

By the end of three years they will be so frustrated with the speed and the fact that it keeps dropping they will never want to have internet again.

[gaviny]

Out my way there is already free internet in a open community hall in front of a Temple for the past year , mainly utilised by kids via mobiles.

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[Percy P]

wgdanson.

Its not a case of how can they afford it .it a case of having a wi fi signal where you are.

NBTC is a public run company paid for by you and me and the rest of the tax payers and should come free of use.

Edited December 29, 2018 by Percy P
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