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New Uses for the Internet: How the World Wide Web Could Improve our Lives. I grew up in rural Ireland in the 1960s. The nearest house was half a mile away. We had no telephone, no television, and my sister remembers when we had no electricity. My Granny who lived with us was a great believer in neighbourliness and was a great letter writer. She kept in close contact with all her neighbours, family and friends. Her communications to those who did not live in the area issued forth from her best fountain pen and were carried by me to the nearest post box, which was a mile away, down leafy lan...
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