Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Future of Learning in a Networked World #2


Well for the first two days the Future of Learning in a Networked World (FLNW)participants in Bangkok face a challenge similar to that faced by FLNW participants last year in NZ – exorbitant charges for Internet use at the hotel. About $3 per hour. Wireless. And can only be bought in lots of 3 hours. Seems like the less developed the country (India, Vietnam) the more likely b/band or wireless will be cheap or free. If you take your laptop into the mega shopping malls here you can enjoy free access, and Internet cafes are everywhere and cheap. But documenting discussions in and around hotel over the next 48 hours may be a bit skimpy…. We’ll see. It’s good to be here and I'm looking forward to it. Tag everything FLNW08. Some pix already up on Flickr.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That's just ridiculous....is that in USD that your talking about Michael ?

Wow.....at this rate you'll be keeping it all in the camera till you return to Adelaide. it seems that this phenomena of exorbitant rates for connection are not limited to Australia alone.

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