Conference participants were treated to tours of the internet bus "Netti Nysse."
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We may be the only tourists to photograph street work, but this shows in a nutshell what is happening throughout Tampere, as well as Finland and Scandinavia in general. They are the most "connected" people I have seen. Wireless phones are ubiquitous - in a family of 4, all 4 would have cell phones, including little kids. Fiber optic lines where going in everywhere, such as in this picture, across the street from the university. |
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Two major universities, plus high tech companies like Nokia, make Tampere one of the most connected cities in the world. To help people get into and succeed in the high tech, global economy, the city and universities collaborated on developing the "Internet Bus." |
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Conference participants were treated to tours of the internet bus "Netti Nysse." |
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The front portion of the bus contained 10 internet connected work stations, each with a fast, modern computer and flat panel monitors. The connection is wireless, and the connection speed is 13 megabits. |
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The back section of the bus contains a small classroom with computer and LCD projector mounted on the ceiling. The classroom will seat 8-10 people comfortably. The bus is new, outfitted in time for the conference. It will be driven to various places in the city, suburbs, and surrounding countryside to give lessons on getting connected, how to surf the internet, establishing email accounts, and on various software packages. |
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| Susan test drove the 13 megabit connection by logging into Casper College and checking her mail. There was no noticeable delay in connecting or loading pages from our web sites. Jerry logged on to one of his internet classes, and loaded several graphics-intensive pages; he now knows that given a fast connection, his classes can be taken from anywhere! | |