Couple of articles I would recommend reading about Free Basics<p>1. Here’s How Free Basics Is Actually Being Sold Around The World
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;carolineodonovan&#x2F;heres-how-free-basics-is-actually-being-sold-around-the-worl" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;carolineodonovan&#x2F;heres-how-free-basi...</a><p>2. How India Pierced Facebook’s Free Internet Program
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;how-india-pierced-facebook-s-free-internet-program-6ae3f9ffd1b4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;how-india-pierced-facebook-s-...</a><p>For the second article, reporter asked Facebook to put her in touch with Free Basics users. All the people that Facebook connected her were already internet users. But Mark Zuckerberg in an FB post claimed that &quot;19 million people were connected to the internet for the first time with free basics&quot;.<p>Both these articles present examples of how Free Basics is actually advertised in rest of the world.