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by chvid 3747 days ago
Why does this have to be a scam?

Financing a public wifi hotspot by running advertisement is common thru-out the world.

Hong Kong has some of the cheapest and fastest internet/mobile network on the planet. Using the same business model with mobile data is a logical evolution.

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well, it doesn't have to be a scam, but when chinese people do it, it just makes it so much more obvious than when white people do it.

they should probably hire some[0] to run these kiosks.

[0] http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/06/29/china.rent.white.peop...

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