Hundreds of millions of people in India don&#x27;t even have access to electricity, let alone internet.  The Indian government is extremely corrupt and over-regulating. They have failed to bring modernity to a billion people. That&#x27;s the context here.  From what I can tell, Free Basics is a market solution that will allow a bunch of self-interested parties to bring connectivity to people who would probably never get it otherwise.<p>If there are all of these other alternatives, why doesn&#x27;t someone set them up as a competitor to Free Basics.  No one would use a limited service like Free Basics if they had free access to &quot;real&quot; internet access.