In Bangladesh, Internet rolls into villages on a bike
Bangladeshi "Info Lady" Mehedi Akthar Misty (right) helps Amina Begum, 45, to talk with her husband on Skype at Jharabarsha, in a remote impoverished farming village in Gaibandha district, 192 kilometers north of the capital Dhaka. A.M. Ahad / Associated Press |
Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the Internet to her.
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