If you were a professional mountain climber, would you be happy to hear that from Mount Everest summit, the highest place on earth, you can now easily connect to the Internet and make video phone calls? Nepalese Telecom Company argues that today it is in fact possible.
Around 3000 people have climbed to the Everest summit since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to conquer the peak back in 1958. Fifty-two years later, last Thursday, a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base was stationed at an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,000 feet ) near Gorakshep village in the Everest region, by NCell, a subsidiary of a Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera.
No doubt, the installation will not only help tens of thousands of tourists and trekkers who visit the place every year, but also allow Internet access for locals. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, and despite the new station in Everest, telecom services cover less than one third of Nepal Nepal
On a personal note I must argue that with all the respect to technology, I feel like there's no where to hide from it anymore. Even Everest, that has always been a symbol of supremacy over mankind, has been defeated by technology. Despite all the benefits that grow along with any innovation, I feel one significant drawback: the world is becoming incredibly small.
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the good thing about the world becoming smaller is that it's so easy to reach our love ones ;)
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