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   1 0Icelanders Seek To Keep Remote Nordic Peninsula Digital-Free (apnews.com)      null/SLASHDOT/0102641672                70
   2 i  Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
   3 i  from the no-cellphones-allowed dept.
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   5 i    Hikers,   park  rangers,  and  summer  residents  of  Iceland's
   6 i    northernmost  peninsula  are  [1]seeking  to keep the area free
   7 i    from  internet  service  , worrying that all that comes with it
   8 i    "will  destroy  a  way  of  life that depends on the absence of
   9 i    [email,  news,  and  social  media],"  reports  the  Associated
  10 i    Press.  "The area has long resisted cell towers, but commercial
  11 i    initiatives  could  take  the decision out of Icelanders' hands
  12 i    and  push  Hornstrandir  across  the  digital divide." From the
  13 i    report:
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  15 i    >  Despite or because of its remoteness, Iceland ranks first on
  16 i    a  U.N.  index comparing nations by information technology use,
  17 i    with  roughly  98 percent of the population using the internet.
  18 i    Among  adults,  93  percent report having Facebook accounts and
  19 i    two-thirds  are Snapchat users, according to pollster MMR. Many
  20 i    people  who  live  in  northwestern Iceland or visit as outdoor
  21 i    enthusiasts  want  Hornstrandir's  570  square  kilometers (220
  22 i    square  miles),  which  accounts  for  0.6 percent of Iceland's
  23 i    land  mass,  to  be  declared  a  "digital-free zone." The idea
  24 i    hasn't  coalesced  into  a petition or formal campaign, so what
  25 i    it  would require or prohibit hasn't been fleshed out. The last
  26 i    full-time  resident of the rugged area moved away in 1952 -- it
  27 i    never  was  an  easy place to farm -- but many descendants have
  28 i    turned family farmsteads into summer getaways.
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  30 i    Northwest     Iceland's     representative,     Halla     Signy
  31 i    Kristjansdottir,  is  in  favor  of  adding cell towers for the
  32 i    safety  of  sailors  and  travelers  in  the area. "I don't see
  33 i    anything  romantic  about  lying  on  the  ground with a broken
  34 i    thigh  bone  and  no cellphone signal," Kristjansdottir said in
  35 i    an interview.
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  39 i    [1] https://www.apnews.com/71cdfb7b1c2245069a6f681f8b8f906f/Wi-
  40 i    red-Icelanders-seek-to-keep-remote-peninsula-digital-free
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