How a a Rural Community in Armenia Built Their Own Internet

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/05/inspired-by-a-global-movement-a-rural-community-in-armenia-built-their-own-internet-infrastructure/

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saba@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

good read. I hope more villages in Georgia and Armenia will do the same. I lived in a small village in Georgia in 2012 and had mobile internet at 5 gigabytes a month. I had to choose between video calls with family, downloading/streaming for entertainment and always had to think about how much data I'm consuming. I was checking my data balance multiple times a day sometimes.

Things have improved since then. There are some wired providers in some areas, but the infrastructure still isn't there in many places.