{"id":5177,"date":"2011-03-16T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/16\/why-mobile-internet-is-so-expnsive-now-mobile\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T13:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:40:31","slug":"why-mobile-internet-is-so-expnsive-now-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/16\/why-mobile-internet-is-so-expnsive-now-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cWhy mobile internet is so expnsive??? Now #mobile #internet is like a #basic #need not a #fancy!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014\tHassan Ahmed (hasuncalo) on Twitter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy mobile internet is so expnsive??? 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