Internet Troubles
For the past week I have been experiencing problems with my Internet connection. Sometimes it’ll work for me, often it won’t. On the rare occasion that I do get connected it is so frustratingly slow that I want to throw my computer out the window altogether. Maybe I’m being melodramatic but anyone who has ever experienced a temperamental Internet connection knows how I feel.
On Wednesday night John mentioned how lucky we are to have the ability to access the Internet at all. It made me feel a little guilty. Here I am moaning about a slow connection when thousands of people around the world will never touch a computer, let alone access the Internet. And then there are the people who could access the Internet yet don’t have the skills or know-how. I really am very lucky.
Subsequently, I made a promise to never take my Internet access for granted again. Since then, I have been whispering sweet nothings to my modem… Has it worked? Well, let’s just say my Internet connection is faster than ever!
posted by Aisling McCartney @ 12:58 PM
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2 Comments:
Funny, pillow talk to my pc never seems to get me anywhere - especially in the computer labs.
john is right we shouldnt take the internet for granted. but i am always a bit sceptical of the arguments that people make about it being vitally important to get the world interconnected, and increasing access to the net to developing worlds.
to me it always seems that the people in those society are probably much keener on getting access to clean water, or innoculations. On the priority list, i think that the web is heavily down the bottom end.
in saying that though people in LDN (Least Developed Nations) might regard our KCB201 blogs more important that improved sanitation, You Never Know.
I agree with you Courtney. There are more important things than 'connecting' the world through the Internet.
But perhaps access to technology is a step towards improving the situation in these nations.
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