Misuse of Elephant Telephones (idea) by baffo
NODESQUAT ! This is such a glorious title that I cannot just politely ignore it. What is more, it also describes with great precision and poignancy a recent story from Eastern Africa, more precisely from the country of Kenya. Elephant phones An international NGO by the name of World Communications for All is busy installing satellite and cellular phones (re-using the defunct Iridium network) all over Africa. These devices, unlike the more common portable telephones well-known (and well-hated) in the Western world, are solar-powered, pole-mounted, nearly indestructible devices. Looking like st...
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