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Sri Lankan e-village provides 24-hour connectivity

28.11.2006 Sri Lanka's first outdoor wireless computer network is now up and running. Surprisingly, it is not in Colombo. It is not even in any of the other key places. It was installed in Mahavilachchiya, a little known village, 40 km from the nearest town Anuradhapura, and surrounded three sides by the Vilpattu jungle.

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Image: Thatched hut in Sri Lanka © Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya