i from the no-cellphones-allowed dept.\r
i\r
i Hikers, park rangers, and summer residents of Iceland's\r
-i northernmost peninsula are seeking to keep the area free from\r
-i internet service, worrying that all that comes with it "will\r
-i destroy a way of life that depends on the absence of [email,\r
-i news, and social media]," reports the Associated Press. "The\r
-i area has long resisted cell towers, but commercial initiatives\r
-i could take the decision out of Icelanders' hands and push\r
-i Hornstrandir across the digital divide." From the report:\r
-i Despite or because of its remoteness, Iceland ranks first on a\r
-i U.N. index comparing nations by information technology use,\r
+i northernmost peninsula are [1]seeking to keep the area free\r
+i from internet service , worrying that all that comes with it\r
+i "will destroy a way of life that depends on the absence of\r
+i [email, news, and social media]," reports the Associated\r
+i Press. "The area has long resisted cell towers, but commercial\r
+i initiatives could take the decision out of Icelanders' hands\r
+i and push Hornstrandir across the digital divide." From the\r
+i report:\r
+i \r
+i > Despite or because of its remoteness, Iceland ranks first on\r
+i a U.N. index comparing nations by information technology use,\r
i with roughly 98 percent of the population using the internet.\r
i Among adults, 93 percent report having Facebook accounts and\r
i two-thirds are Snapchat users, according to pollster MMR. Many\r
i it would require or prohibit hasn't been fleshed out. The last\r
i full-time resident of the rugged area moved away in 1952 -- it\r
i never was an easy place to farm -- but many descendants have\r
-i turned family farmsteads into summer getaways. Northwest\r
-i Iceland's representative, Halla Signy Kristjansdottir, is in\r
-i favor of adding cell towers for the safety of sailors and\r
-i travelers in the area. "I don't see anything romantic about\r
-i lying on the ground with a broken thigh bone and no cellphone\r
-i signal," Kristjansdottir said in an interview.\r
+i turned family farmsteads into summer getaways.\r
+i \r
+i Northwest Iceland's representative, Halla Signy\r
+i Kristjansdottir, is in favor of adding cell towers for the\r
+i safety of sailors and travelers in the area. "I don't see\r
+i anything romantic about lying on the ground with a broken\r
+i thigh bone and no cellphone signal," Kristjansdottir said in\r
+i an interview.\r
+i \r
+i \r
+i \r
+i [1] https://www.apnews.com/71cdfb7b1c2245069a6f681f8b8f906f/Wi-\r
+i red-Icelanders-seek-to-keep-remote-peninsula-digital-free\r
i\r
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