Internet pervasiveness in Peru
The omnipresence of internet cafés and network game shops is incredible in Peru. Even on the Altiplano, around 3800m, far from tourist footprints, you can get fast internet connections. The vocabulary of these is also fantastic: “speedy internet”, “speedy veloz”, etc.
Coupled with cafés, laudromats, drugstore, baby clothes and other curious things, it’s stuning to see connected areas where people don’t even have access to water and sewage.
Thinking about other communication services like the llamadas, it’s interesting to note how technologically-mediated interactions are important in that part of South America. I found it more apparent in Peru than in Brasil for example.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 am
When I was in the Barranco section of Lima I saw an internet cafe offering a computer that had Flash for a minimal fee. I had never seen that before in any of my travels.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:35 am
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