Wireless web reaches into paradise
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 1:24 am
The Maldives in the Indian Ocean get wireless internet!
Looks like they are ahead of my town!Under the stars and surrounded by miles of ocean, there is no doubt that this is truly remote wireless web access.
The signal from the wireless transmitter was strong
The resort's technology manager, Lavanga Jayakody, said that people who visited the island to get away from it all would appreciate the ability to go online.
"We're cut off from the rest of the world here, postal mail takes weeks to get to its destination," he explained.