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Norway to Wire North Pole

Posted by michael on from the tv's-on-the-fritz-again dept.

TomMajor writes "Norway will lay an underwater fiber-optic cable from the mainland to Svalbard and turn remote Longyearbyen into the world's best connected village, providing residents with 100 TV stations and a full VDSL (very high bit-rate DSL) network..."

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  1. Come one come all! by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 3, Funny

    *Bob Marley playing in background*

    [Jamaican accent]Come visit the beautiful sunny island of Svalbard and it's coastal villege Longyearbyen. It's always a blast, with fresh fish and internet access![/Jamaican accent]

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  2. E-mail to Santa by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does this mean other than no need anymore to trust third parties when you want to get e-mail to Santa.

    And all those elves will be able to download elf-pr0n a lot faster.

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  3. Hosers vs Vikings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's back in Norway, eh. Erik the Redbeard lifted up that pole out of the snow, sailed home to Norway, and planted it there. Doug MacKenzie is calling for a back-bacon embargo of Norway, eh.

  4. Good for complaining, anyhow by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can call the phone company and say, "They've got DSL at the North Pole but you still can't figure out how to run it up my street?

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  5. Stop your whining. by Eevee · · Score: 2, Funny

    You got flush toilets last year, what more do you want?