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Cybercafe At Mt. Everest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plus-it's-an-oxygen-bar dept.

Makarand writes "A Nepalese entrepreneur, Tsering Gyalzen, is making plans to set up a cybercafe at Mt Everest basecamp and open it by March. Proceeds from the venture will be used to support solid waste management in the area. VSAT digital satellite equipment installed a 2-hour trek-distance away from base camp will be used to send signals to the internet cafe using radio links."

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  1. Is no place sacred? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Must we bring our instant communication, our invasive culture, to *every* place in the world?

    1. Re:Is no place sacred? by macaddict · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Must we bring our instant communication, our invasive culture, to *every* place in the world?

      Must we push our ideas of how a culture is supposed to behave on every community that's trying to benefit from technological advances?

      This is a Sherpa building a cybercafe in a Sherpa community. What gives you the right to judge them?

      Maybe you should notify the Sherpas that they live in a sacred place that must be preserved, because they seem to think they can do whatever they want with their homes and community.