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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.

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/