Difference between revisions of "Talk:Internet access"
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As of today, 1mb broadband access is a universal human right in Finland --[[User:Balatro|Balatro]] 00:57, 2 July 2010 (CEST) | As of today, 1mb broadband access is a universal human right in Finland --[[User:Balatro|Balatro]] 00:57, 2 July 2010 (CEST) | ||
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| + | There will be 5 billion mobile phones in the world by the end of 2010 [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/07/05/5-billion-mobile-phones-by-2010-but-where-are-the-apps-games/]. <br> | ||
| + | Smartphones will overtake normal mobiles by 2011.<br> | ||
| + | Put these trends together and we're rapidly heading towards a world where everyone has the world's knowledge in their pocket. This spreads the [[Fundamental resources/Human intelligence|know-how]] of humanity to everyone, which allows for the implementation of the ideas discussed in [[Education]], [[Food]], [[Medicine]] etc. | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 7 July 2010
Quite a lot of AdCiv (education, for example) depends on getting Internet access to everyone. So how is this achieved? Satellite Internet? Long-range WiFi transmitters?
Kigali (capital of Rwanda) recently launched city-wide wireless access.
As of today, 1mb broadband access is a universal human right in Finland --Balatro 00:57, 2 July 2010 (CEST)
There will be 5 billion mobile phones in the world by the end of 2010 [1].
Smartphones will overtake normal mobiles by 2011.
Put these trends together and we're rapidly heading towards a world where everyone has the world's knowledge in their pocket. This spreads the know-how of humanity to everyone, which allows for the implementation of the ideas discussed in Education, Food, Medicine etc.
