It is worth noting that Facebook had earlier started the service of providing mobile data through Internet Dot ORG. It was later named free basics. The difficulty with free basics was that the users who took this service could have access only the website approved by Facebook.
It is not easy to deliver internet to people in rural areas. In such a situation, companies like Facebook are starting services like express wifi to increase their reach. This time the social media company has adopted a separate strategy to provide internet. This is not free, so we can expect less restrictions.
Know these things about Facebook Express WiFi service …
1. Express WiFi is a public Wi-Fi service. Through express WiFi service, people will be able to connect their phones, computers or any other device to the Internet without spending more money.
2. Facebook’s Express WiFi service has just been rushed to rural areas. There are 125 locations in the beginning. Facebook has informed that this service will start in more areas.
3. Express wifi is not free internet service like Internet Dot ORG. There is not much information about this service yet, but customers will have to buy digital vouchers for the Internet. How and where will this purchase be from? Nothing is clear right now.
4. Facebook has also not told where the testing of express WiFi service in India is being done.
5. Facebook has also not made it clear whether the express wifi will be able to access the entire internet or select site. If this is a paid system then we can expect more open internet.
6. Facebook has not yet given any information about the rates of express wifi service. This is what is said. “This is a durable model.”
7. Express WiFi works to set up the network in collaboration with the Internet service provider. This is not very different from Facebook’s free basics service. Where the social network site shared with telecom companies for free mobile data.
8. The number of public Wi-Fi networks in India is very low, especially in rural areas. Facebook’s express WiFi service is a revolutionary change.
9. Facebook has insisted that express WiFi service will empower the ethos of rural areas. They will be able to provide internet in their area for good quality and they will also earn.
10. Apart from this, technology like laser drone is also being tested to further improve internet connectivity. But now the company has no effort to bring it to India.
