The article states they are providing up to 834 people with internet access with 50+11 hot spots.
I shared a 20$ data plan with two+ travelmates while on gap year in Australia, and it worked extremely well. $7/person cost. Give or take for US data rates and inflation since then.
Even with generous assumptions, these wifi hot spots are at least 50x, and coule be 100x, that cost.
So worst case scenario, just buy them all smart phones and data plans for a small fraction of the cost of this current setup.
The article states they are providing up to 834 people with internet access with 50+11 hot spots.
I shared a 20$ data plan with two+ travelmates while on gap year in Australia, and it worked extremely well. $7/person cost. Give or take for US data rates and inflation since then.
Even with generous assumptions, these wifi hot spots are at least 50x, and coule be 100x, that cost.
So worst case scenario, just buy them all smart phones and data plans for a small fraction of the cost of this current setup.