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Rebuilding Iraq's Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the other-side-of-war dept.

Anselm writes "According to this article at Wired.com, "The war has left Iraq's Internet infrastructure in shambles. Now, a British ISP hopes to fund the reconstruction through sales of domain names ending in .iq." While I have no use for an IQ domain, the article does make me wonder: Should geeks around the world take the lead in getting Iraq back online?"

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  1. Mensa.IQ ... et al. by jot445 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    WhatIsMy.IQ
    IncreaseYour.IQ
    YourChilds.IQ
    Darth VaderAteMy.IQ
    AllYourBaseAreBelongTo.IQ
    ItPaysTo IncreaseYour.IQ

    Someone oughtta talk to Mensa, seriously ;-0

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  2. Best URL for this idea by Tux2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://www.zero.iq/

    Yes, my preciousssss ...
    /me needsssssss internet real sssssssssssssoon ....

    ... in an area where children die from drinking water from the local river. Get the "life support" infrastructure back to "up and running" state, then think about getting the internet up.

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  3. Bigger fish... by billmaly · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Iraq has bigger problems then internet access right now. Supplying food, water, and safe waste disposal to all citizens is of greater importance than internet access.

    Starting a working, democratic government is more important than internet access.

    Punishing the thugs who helped keep the country under Hussein's thumb is more important than internet access.

    Ensuring the life and liberty of all Iraqi's is more imporatant than internet access.

    Once all these have been put into place AND guaranteed against the oppressive forces that are at work in the world, especialy the Arab world, come talk to me about internet in Iraq. Until then, the internet is a luxury that the average Iraqi doesn't NEED right now.

    Thus endeth my rant.

  4. Come on...PRIORITIES! by SamMichaels · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Incase the British didn't see the news lately, a war is still going on. Furthermore, the LAST thing the Iraqi people are concerned about is internet access...how many of them own computers capable of even getting on the internet? How many of them can AFFORD it?

    If you're speaking about getting the (new) government online, fine. That can help to speed up the re-urbanization project. But seriously...Iraqi people have to worry about being blown up by the US, British, terrorists, Iraq's former government, yet still earn a living to pay for basic living requirements. They don't rely on the internet like we do.

    Oh wait..we can market the domains to other countries...to hell with getting the Iraqi people online. We're damned determinated to make money off this war.