Wireless Estonia

In a couple of weeks my family heads back to Estonia for a couple of months, leaving me behind to work like a madman for a while. Its going to be hard to be apart for so long, but I know its easy to keep in touch:

The BBC reports that wi-fi is quickly becoming the rule, not the exception, in the Estonian capital of Tallinn and throughout the country.The first wi-fi hotspots appeared in 2001 and today there are more than 280 throughout the country. The article points out that "the surge in wireless access hardly seems strange in a country that some have dubbed "E-stonia" for its hi-tech prowess. After all, in Estonia the vast majority of the population does its banking online. Drivers in Tallinn can pay for parking by simply sending a text message from their mobile phones.Even the Estonian government has gone hi-tech. Cabinet ministers meet weekly in a room fitted with more than a dozen high-end computers, complete with flat screen monitors and broadband connections." [via SmartMobs]

Will join them this summer, when the sun doesn't set.