Tokelau
September 15th, 2007 | by Frank Paynter | Published in Uncategorized
JP (Confused of Calcutta) Rangaswami writes this morning about the Tokelau top level Internet domain name, .tk. Sourcing his observations with a link to a current BBC article, Rangaswami says this about the benefits the Internet has brought to the South Pacific island country:
By becoming a connected nation, they appear to have:
(a) added to their GDP significantly
(b) improved their healthcare access and delivery
(c) made a difference to their education system
(d) allowed their expatriates to remain in touch more effectively
It’s heartening to note that there’s such a clear health-education-welfare pattern.
What else do they do? They talk to each other using internet telephony. They download
music and they watch videos. And they have started using social networks.
