In RECENT years, consumers have become used to feasting on online freebies of all sorts: news, share quotes, music, E-mail and even speedy Internet access.

近些年来，消费者习惯了享用各种免费的互联网大餐：新闻、股票报价、音乐、电子邮箱无所不有，甚至高速互联网接入也免费。

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But the lack of a speedy internet structure and limited access to credit cards still make crowd-funding a challenge on the continent.

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We got the router 18 months ago to broadcast, using the Wi-Fi standard, our speedy Internet connection throughout the house, which is brimming with processing power: two laptops and two desktops.

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It has moved fastest in Mumbai, where it has laid 150 km of fibre-optic cable and is now offering speedy Internet access to the first of its 1.9m customers in the city.

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