Roberto J. González, "Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network" (U California Press, 2020)
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Why Did Talea Not Have Telecom Service?
The pueblo of talea didn't have any fawn network coverage before year two thousand 13. The villagers petitioned some of the multi national corporations a that provide telecom service in the country. They were politely denied their request, again with the explanation being, there's no feasible way for us to provide service. So what the villagers did was to basically find their own lution. And they were able to do it themselves with some help, again, from the n g o.
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