Harry Schwartz Eats the World

SolarNetOne

SolarNetOne is a solar-powered, satellite-connected wireless hotspot that can be deployed anywhere in the world. It’s designed to make the tubes available to developing countries. The full system costs just $15,000 to set up. Maintenance is trivial, and the whole thing runs on open source software.

Unfortunately, the project will ultimately prove to be a fiasco as developing economies learn just how many otherwise productive man-hours can be wasted on the internet.

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