← Back to context Comment by onionisafruit 1 day ago You may be thinking of Facebook’s Free Basics. That was a short lived program that ended years ago. 1 comment onionisafruit Reply silisili 1 day ago Interesting. I'm not quite sure that's the same thing, but I may be wrong.Here are a couple articles describing it in PH[1 and 2].It's not some limited access thing, it's literally unlimited data. Video calls, watching movies via FB, etc.AFAICT it's still a thing, though it's not clear to me if FB is still sponsoring it or it's some carrier marketing[3].1 - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/how-facebooks-free-i...2 - https://technology.inquirer.net/30705/globe-telecom-to-offer...3 - https://store1.smart.com.ph/addons/4569/
silisili 1 day ago Interesting. I'm not quite sure that's the same thing, but I may be wrong.Here are a couple articles describing it in PH[1 and 2].It's not some limited access thing, it's literally unlimited data. Video calls, watching movies via FB, etc.AFAICT it's still a thing, though it's not clear to me if FB is still sponsoring it or it's some carrier marketing[3].1 - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/how-facebooks-free-i...2 - https://technology.inquirer.net/30705/globe-telecom-to-offer...3 - https://store1.smart.com.ph/addons/4569/
Interesting. I'm not quite sure that's the same thing, but I may be wrong.
Here are a couple articles describing it in PH[1 and 2].
It's not some limited access thing, it's literally unlimited data. Video calls, watching movies via FB, etc.
AFAICT it's still a thing, though it's not clear to me if FB is still sponsoring it or it's some carrier marketing[3].
1 - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/how-facebooks-free-i...
2 - https://technology.inquirer.net/30705/globe-telecom-to-offer...
3 - https://store1.smart.com.ph/addons/4569/