Cape Town Libraries go online

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http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/search/culture/512193.htm

Cape Town is on its way to becoming the first city in South Africa to offer free internet access at every public library.

Already, three years since the launch of the city's groundbreaking Smart Cape access project, the number of residents who have signed on to use this service has topped 26 000.

The city's use of open source software has saved it a lot of money. But, unfortunately, the most frustrating expense - and one that lies outside the city's control - is that of connectivity; in other words, Telkom charges.

This is one of the challenges facing Cape Town in its quest to become a truly "smart city". But it is already the home of a rapidly growing technology industry, and there has been a conscious decision to position the city as South Africa's IT hub.

This could have been posted already ... sorry if it has

 

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It's so refreshing to see Telkom's name popping up everywhere in a negative light these days.

I have a mental image of this monstrosity gradually, yet inexorably, being reduced to a tiny individual trying desperately to hold back the rising flood waters of public opinion.

 

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Something like this - http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=telkom4nb.jpg

ok, I was bored ....

 

[Angstrom]

Something like that, but more like Deep Impact.