Comments on: how to make the most of Singapore’s free, ubiquitous wireless internet on your iphone http://blog.newscientician.org/how-to-make-the-most-of-singapores-free-ubiquitous-wireless-internet-on-your-iphone/ The Official Weblog of the New Scientician Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: smallcaps http://blog.newscientician.org/how-to-make-the-most-of-singapores-free-ubiquitous-wireless-internet-on-your-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-5 smallcaps Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:30:15 +0000 http://blog.newscientician.org/?p=36#comment-5 The French judicial system has recently declared internet access a basic human right. i think that the united nations should also include it in the "declaration of human rights". http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6478542.ece i absolutely agree that it would raise the quality of living immensely. the main hindrance i can see tho is that in order to provide this seemingly, most basic of human needs for interaction, many other types of infrastructure must be put into place such as access to power, telecommunication services, etc. unfortunately most countries lack these basic necessities that the "1st world" takes for granted. The French judicial system has recently declared internet access a basic human right. i think that the united nations should also include it in the “declaration of human rights”.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6478542.ece

i absolutely agree that it would raise the quality of living immensely. the main hindrance i can see tho is that in order to provide this seemingly, most basic of human needs for interaction, many other types of infrastructure must be put into place such as access to power, telecommunication services, etc. unfortunately most countries lack these basic necessities that the “1st world” takes for granted.

]]> By: maedelmaedel http://blog.newscientician.org/how-to-make-the-most-of-singapores-free-ubiquitous-wireless-internet-on-your-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-4 maedelmaedel Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:03:21 +0000 http://blog.newscientician.org/?p=36#comment-4 Sounds great! :) well, but there is the rest of us who are not living in Singapore. And all those who are either not so web and device savvy to do or want to do all the jailbreaking, hacking, installing and so forth.Well - And still we selfishly enough want the same luxury! What about us? Can't there be simply free wifi anywhere - at least within given city limits? As some kind of basic service, like running water, street lights and canalization. Arguably wifi might not be as basic and fundamentally needed for a functioning society as canalization....but its getting there :) And still it would definitely raise the quality of living immensely. And if having the choice - I'd rather pay a monthly fee for city wide wifi than for supposedly state funded TV broadcast with more than lame and out of date programming. Sounds great! :)

well, but there is the rest of us who are not living in Singapore. And all those who are either not so web and device savvy to do or want to do all the jailbreaking, hacking, installing and so forth.Well – And still we selfishly enough want the same luxury! What about us?

Can’t there be simply free wifi anywhere – at least within given city limits? As some kind of basic service, like running water, street lights and canalization. Arguably wifi might not be as basic and fundamentally needed for a functioning society as canalization….but its getting there :) And still it would definitely raise the quality of living immensely. And if having the choice – I’d rather pay a monthly fee for city wide wifi than for supposedly state funded TV broadcast with more than lame and out of date programming.

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