Where IoT is not a subject – The Plight of Third-World Internet Users

Most of us in the advanced Western world have grown used to having unrestricted Internet access on demand. We find it a major inconvenience to lose it for even a short amount of time, so it’s easy to forget that for many people, an unreliable Internet connection is the standard. This stands especially true for countries in the third world whose political systems have always been easier to misuse and exploit. And with no proper and unrestricted Internet infrastructure one can hardly imagine how Internet of Things (IoT) projects can find their way in those countries. In this article, we take a look at three nations who heavily restrict access to the Internet and what that entails for their citizens and local companies.