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Really Remote Internet Access

Posted by Zonk on from the can-we-have-a-souvenir? dept.

RexDart writes "The BBC Online has profiled Duane DeFreitas, an adventurer and guide living in Guyana. He's three hours away from the nearest town (in the dry season; three days away when it's raining), yet has full internet access via satellite. His latest project: setting up Skype for phone service, as soon as he can import a microphone and speakers. Yet more proof that the internet is truly everywhere. Mind the jaguar."

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  1. I wonder... by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you think he is worried about identity theft?

  2. Upgrade by tinfoilgrrl · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mind the jaguar.

    Surely he's using Tiger by now.

  3. Hmmm... by rackhamh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three hours away from the nearest woman.

    I wonder what sites he vists most often?

    1. Re:Hmmm... by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

      Slashdot? Like everybody else here?

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