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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Internet Comes to Teno Alto
For the last month or so, the 100 residents of the remote hamlet of Teno Alto, near Buenavista del Norte, have been able to access the internet. The service has been made possible via the island Internet Rural project, promoted by the Island Council (Cabildo) and with collaboration from the town hall.
A monitored center has been set up in the old school in the village and kitted out with "the latest technologies on the market", the report says. Services offered are internet access, as well as related items such as printing and data storage.
After centuries of only goats and subsistence farming and, only relatively recent access to roads and electric light, one has to wonder what some of the older villagers are making of it.
Ah, progress. You can't escape it anywhere! :)
Internet llega a los 100 vecinos del barrio de Teno Alto en el municipio de Buenavista del Norte
