[bmurphy1976]

They get the benefit of all the hard work developed countries have done before them. Many countries have skipped right past land lines for instance and gone straight to cellular.

Should they also be forced to go through all the innovations and advances developed countries have in order to utilize them?

It seems to me it's perfectly OK to tell smaller countries times have changed get with the program, but we have to do it in a compassionate and understanding fashion as the OP mentioned.