anthrotechnologist

Wireless is critical to teleco in remote areas. This is an interesting read about how 1/3 of a national population have gone on cell phones in the past several years. 95 percent of Africa's continental population has no access. Google is investing in companies that can put dish stations and satellites above the continent.

Experiments Bring Internet to Remote African Villages - NYTimes.com.

In the article e-Hail To the Chief, the Washington Post's style writer Jose Antonio Vargas explores how Barack Obama's massive election Internet community may be transitioned into a new kind of great society.