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Google, Smart to Establish Free WiFi Stations in Philippines

by oneowl on 5/18/19, 11:09 AM with 4 comments

• by rak00n on 5/18/19, 6:00 PM

  > PLDT-Smart Enterprise Business head Ernesto Alberto said the Google Stations would replace the existing free public WiFi provided by the telecommunications company in different locations nationwide.

  So they already had free WiFi stations and now they're gonna be rebranded as Google Stations?

• by axaxs on 5/18/19, 2:50 PM

  Facebook already basically subsidizes their mobile data, too. I'm rather curious of the motivations of both companies here, to be honest.

• by onetimemanytime on 5/18/19, 12:09 PM

  Google and free in the same sentence...like the uncle that paid for your college, but...