Διεθνές ρεζιλίκι - part Τρία (του Καράμπελα)

Το The Register, με την ευκαιρία της σύνοψης του IGF [The Register: IGF in pictures], σχολιάσει την σύλληψη του Αντώνη Τσιπρόπουλου .

Το κείμενο κάτω από την φωτογραφία είναι εξίσου δηκτικό:

It wasn't just the Chinese that were in hot water for censorship. [...]the Greek minister for Transport, as chair of the IGF, took some heat about the situation. He claimed not to know about the case, although surprised many by complaining about bloggers that "made up lies" and created "false news" and said that new rules might be needed to balance freedom of speech online. Asked again later, he was equally defensive, although it was hard to make out his words with his foot stuck in his mouth. Greece has the worst roll-out of broadband in Europe. In fact, most people get online using dial-up cards bought from the local kiosk. None of this deterred the Greeks from happily chairing the main sessions while hopelessly out of their depth.

Εντυπωσιακό. Καταφέραμε να δώσουμε ακόμα χειρότερη εικόνα στο εξωτερικό απ' ότι είχαμε προηγούμενως. Μας βάζουν στο ίδιο καζάνι πλέον με την Κίνα. Ωραίααααααα.

Και όχι, το θέμα με την πρόσβαση στο Internet ("άκου τώρα, να ζητάνε internet access στο Internet Governance Forum, τι ζήτουλες") δεν ξεχάστηκε. Αντιθέτως, το θυμούνται όλοι και όλοι έχουν κάτι να πουν.

Being an internet conference, it was, of course, virtually impossible to actually gain access to the internet. Everyone learns this the hard way. As soon as you try to connect more than 10 laptops in any one room, the rules of the game change. The Greek hosts promised they would be able to handle the load, and they failed miserably. It took two days and some expert knowledge to finally get the network working.

Τόσα MBit έχουν στην Ευρώπη και στην Αμερική, σε εμάς ήρθαν για να βρουν τζάμπα Internet; Αίσχοzzz σε λέω, αίσχοzzz. Τσιφούτηηηηηηηη!