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RE: Is or should internet access be a human right?

in #politics7 years ago

See @puukallistaja, reading more of your comments, I understand your view a lot better. I studied in Helsinki for 3 months and actually visited Tallinn twice for projects. I was amazed that public parks in Estonia had free wifi and would wish that one day we would have that in Suriname as well. Unfortunately, Estonia is an outlier, and we are nowhere close to the Scandinavians in the rest of the world. Maybe Western Europe, maybe the larger cities worldwide, but definitely not in rural areas and developing countries. I do think Internet can help with closing the gap, but it still is a tool. You can't put up wifi signals and expect them to connect with their Nokia 3310 (the original), if they have a phone in the first place. And computers and smartphone still cost hundreds of dollars, so how can internet be a basic human right if the devices needed to access it are someone yearly salary?

On another note, if you are serious about making it a basic human need, I would love to reach out and see if a development project is possible between Suriname and Finland/Estonia to improve e-learning.

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Waddup. I am not living in the north at the moment, so I might not be the best person to reach out to. But I will contact you through your company's website and lets share some thoughts. Too bad that steemit does not have private messaging.