Karma provider encourages users to share traffic

From the TechStars NY incubator, Karma has recently emerged, the world's first Internet provider operating on the principles of socialism. It will reward users who share WiFi traffic with strangers.



The system is designed as follows. Karma hotspots themselves cost $ 69 and work on the Clearwire operator's WiMax 4G network. The subscription fee is absent, the cost of traffic is fixed $ 14 per gigabyte. If you share access for everyone, then any stranger can connect to the hotspot, log in via Facebook and get 100 megabytes for free. At the same time, the owner of a hotspot also receives a 100 MB bonus.



Constantly handing out traffic, the user can also surf the Internet all the time for free, but at the same time he turns into a “walking billboard” for the provider.

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The startup has just received $ 1 million in venture financing, so the founders got the money to implement the original idea. They hope to start work in New York before the end of this year.



Interestingly, the news about Karma appeared on the same day, when one of the largest American telecom companies Verizon introduced a new line of tariff plans with the connection of up to ten devices and new principles of wireless communication tariffing. 4 gigabytes of traffic cost $ 30 per month, but you need to add $ 10-40 per month for each device (tablets for $ 10, smartphones for $ 40). Voice services are delivered "in load" in unlimited quantities. Experts say that Verizon tariffs can be a model for other mobile operators.



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