Estonia: Where the Internet is a Human Right 499
securitas writes "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."
mmm. Estonia FTP's (Score:4, Funny)
Carefull .... (Score:5, Funny)
They might start a decentralized peer-to-peer network and start trading files or something!
Re:A further comment (Score:3, Funny)
I second that motion!
Motion carried!
Everybody has Fridays off every six months.
Next.
America needs to worry about the basics, first. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Russia (Score:2, Funny)
They're also good at wife-carrying (Score:5, Funny)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/815978.st
The right to Life, Liberty, ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They're also good at wife-carrying (Score:5, Funny)
I can see it now - an RFC on WifeNet or WiFi!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Re:They're also good at wife-carrying (Score:3, Funny)
I didn't realize they had mormons in 19th century Finland.
ha HA ha Ha (Score:2, Funny)