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Home » News from Thailand » Thai villages in remote areas get WiFi
Thai villages in remote areas get WiFi
Between 2019 and 2024, the NBTC will install 3.920 WiFi hotspots in 5.229 remote villages. 2,1 million Thai households with 6,3 million people can benefit from this.
This WiFi broadband access will cost 200 baht per month. For minimum wage earners, this internet access is free for the first three years.
This approach is part of the NBTC's Universal Service Obligation (USO) project, which aims to close the digital divide between rich and poor.
Furthermore, 1.210 schools and 107 tambon hospitals will receive broadband internet and 763 USO Net centers will be built, each with twelve PCs and staffed by IT staff who can provide technical advice.
Source: Bangkok Post
It's a laudable aim to make the internet available to grassroots people, but I wonder if they'll also get a smartphone or computer, otherwise WiFi won't do you any good.
I don't think they are waiting for it either, they have plenty of other worries.
Isn't it a publicity stunt like the New Year's gift of THB 500 for the holders of the wellfare card?
What good is THB 500 if you have to travel ten miles for it and then have to wait 2 days in front of the ATM until it's your turn.
It would be better to provide employment in the somewhat remote areas.
They probably already have a cell phone, second or third hand. But no money for a telephone subscription with WiFi. I call it a cat in a poke.
For the many (elderly) who cannot read or write?