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This seems to be a part of the Google Station project (product?) being shut down world-wide [1].

TBH, while I'm all for projects that provide public uplift, it's clear that Google was never doing this completely out of the goodness of their hearts. Moreover, providing things for free here needs to be balanced with building services that provide a path out of the endemic unemployment that crushes so many people and communities.

[1] https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/338928-google-pullin...



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