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The cost of providing ICT infrastructure to very poor communities without any real prospect of recovering costs through user subscriptions. Simply, it is not economic.

That said, the use of GSM cellphone networks throughout Africa is phenomenal. As the GSM networks carry other data they are widely used for internet connectivity rather than (non-existent) fixed line systems.

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