[MLB-WIRELESS] Internet access now a human right in Estonia

[Clae]

>To: Future Culture <futurec at listserv.uark.edu>,
>    BarrelfullofMonkeys <BarrelfullofMonkeys at yahoogroups.com>
>From: dwayne <ddraig at pobox.com>
>Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:54:50 +1000
>Subject: [BarrelfullofMonkeys] heads up, Sander: Internet access now 
>a human right in Estonia
>Reply-To: BarrelfullofMonkeys at yahoogroups.com
>
>http://csmonitor.com/2003/0701/p07s01-woeu.html
>
>"The Christian Science Monitor reports on technological change in
>Estonia, where an enlightened post-Soviet era government believes the
>Internet is essential for life in the 21st century and backs that up
>with legislation declaring Internet access is a human right. Estonia is
>a country where hot, running water was a luxury a decade ago. It's now a
>place where farmers have broadband Internet, 80% of the people use
>online banking, Internet usage and broadband penetration rates are
>comparable to Western Europe, and the government conducts most business
>(meetings, votes, document reviews, etc.) virtually through a system of
>networked computers. Not bad for a country that only 10 years ago was a
>crumbling, bankrupt mess with a network infrastructure to match."
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>it's nice to be better, but it's much better to be nice
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>http://www.terminalpacketloss.com/pictoz/lineargallery/OC2TAUNT.htm
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