[wtallis]

> I want to emphasize that NN means that people in Iraq who now can have access to a snapshot of the world's knowledge absolutely free wouldn't have that option anymore.

Not free. The costs are being covered by increased pricing on the rest of their phone usage.

[smsm42]

Is there any evidence to support that? Did the phone usage prices in Iraq really surge after introducing zero-rating for Wikipedia? How much did they surge?