UN holds Internet summit - without Internet

Posted on Friday, November 03 2006 @ 8:56 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

A United Nations summit on the Internet suffered from a funny problem - there was no internet available!

The organizers of the summit, held at a luxury resort hotel on the Athenian Riveria not far from the city center, couldn't even provide a working Internet connection.

The wireless connection in the main conference hall appeared briefly before dying and leaving attendees bereft of the Net on Monday. Trying to connect to the base station yielded only a "could not connect to the network" error.

By Tuesday the organizers took the connection offline completely.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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