Mauritius Aims To Be First Wireless Nation

hattan writes "This tropical island off the east coast of Africa is best-known for its white-sand beaches, its designer clothing outlets and its spicy curries. But tiny Mauritius is about to stake a new claim to fame. By year's end, or soon afterward, it is expected to become the world's first nation with coast-to-coast wireless Internet." From the article: "An undersea broadband fiber-optic cable, completed three years ago, gives the island fast and reliable phone and Internet links with the rest of Africa and with Europe, India and Malaysia. Many of the country's 1.2 million people--a mix of French, Indian, Chinese and African descendants--are bilingual or trilingual, speaking French, English and either Chinese or Hindi. The country is democratic, peaceful and stable."

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Re:How developed is Mauritius?

[MSBob]

Yes sir. You win.

You can now curl up in bed knowing that you really put up an amazing fight in a slashdot thread. What a loser.

Whats the point?

[Rule_Of_The_Bone]

Ok....so the place is known for beaches, clothing, and curry. Now that the island will be wired will they degenerate to the African norm thanks to webcam (why visit...seen one beach...seen them all), on-line shopping ("wow honey...look at my new tiki shirt...made by slave labor in Bulgaria and flogged through www.borkedmauritiousshopping.com") and of course ALL the curry shops in the UK will offer delicious new diarrhoea-inducing recipes for the masses? Fuck that....and double fuck the self-important twats who will flock there sporting PDA's/Bluetooth-enabled Uhuru ear-tampons who will no doubt sit on the beach getting scorched to a crisp while yammering away to the rest of the world "guess where I am now?". Pardon me if I am not impressed.