Mark Zuckerberg is pouring over this map. It shows  basic 2G phone coverage in light blue, and darker/red indicating areas with high-quality 4G coverage and Wi-Fi access. It also shows billions of people in Africa and Asia basically don’t “exist” because they don’t have access to the Web — yet. Zuckerberg’s solution is to persuade wireless carriers to provide basic mobile phone access for free, and to give them coverage with an array of drones, satellites and lasers.

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