"Costa Rica Celebrates 10 Years of Internet"
Let's face it, the internet is a prime example of the globalization of technology. More then ever, the internet is allowing someone from the U.S. to chat with a person in India, miles and miles away. At the same time you can go shopping online or play games at the touch of a button. To prove the domination of the internet, take this example, "The rapid diffusion of the Internet has been surprising: this technology is less than 4,000 days old yet it is already used by approximately 10% of the world’s population. In contrast, the telephone has existed for 125 years, but until a few years ago, half of the world’s population had never made a phone call." With this growing connectivity, people from all corners of the world are becoming linked together.For Costa Rica, the internet arrived back in April of 1994. "Costa Rica, like Cuba, is one of only 15% of the countries in the world that still maintain a state-owned monopoly in the commercialization of Internet services ." Luckily, CAFTA (central american trade agreement) will put an end to the monopoly and allow black market companies to join the "formal economy." Therefore, if CAFTA is approved by congress, Costa Rica will gain the opportunity to have competition between local and international companies. I think this will be very beneficial for the country. This way, they'll have a variety of options to retrieve information and faster internet services.
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COSTA RICA & INTERNET
posted by Anonymous @ 2/26/2006 03:01:00 PM
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It certainly will be nice that Costa Rica will be able to join in the competitive companies when choosing internet services. I think having the power to choose is a very important power and right that we often take for granted. Through this power we can always choose the better of a situation. I think it's good that Costa Rica has been online for 10 years and I'm glad that more countries are getting online. In my view, this is the most powerful tool in globalization because it's an instant connection to anybody in the whole world. I did find that phone statistic interesting that was mentioned in this article as well.
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