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Estonia: Where the Internet is a Human Right
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."
I wonder what iraq will be like after all of the businesses move in. If estonia can do it, why can't Iraq? :-P
At the same time, watch out for those WMDs!!
More than enough BS
In Soviet Russia the Internet surfs you! Um...
May ESTONIA always be remembered for being the home country of linkovich chumovsky, the star of the wildly popular Encino Man featuring pauly shore and the faggot sidekick in lord of the rings
i'm glad communism is well and alive in your shithole, may you all rot in hell
some trolls are RAdIcAL!!!!!
Let's start a country called Boneria, where porn and go-go clubs are a basic human right.
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