Great idea. I just did some quick googling and it seems one can get "unlimited" data (4G) for about $55 in Nigeria, throttled after 80GB. That would be sufficient for about 10 people pooling $5.5 together for the month.
If it's in a university setting they will finish in hours. Students have no joy! But it is doable. Maybe data limits can be set for each individual.
This is starting to look like a viable business :) . The issue would be that of where to locate the place. It would have to be low cost or free.
There is a place in uniben called bukah. It's a combination of several restaurants where student goes to ear. The mifis can be stationed in a few selected stores. So students who have steem or have delegated to the project can go there to eat and have access to free wifi. I think the store owners won't mind since it would bring customers to their stores. But I'm just brainstorming. A lot of detailed work and planning needs to be done to actually make something like this possible.
Some banks in social do stuff like this. The wifi is not restricted and student abuse it. So for this to work some sort of cap needs to be put in place.
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