http://tnl-6.local/taxonomy/term/186/0 en-US http://tnl-6.local/node/208 <p>Telecommunications in the Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro. The black cables are electricity, some maybe telephony; the grey ones are cable tv, the blue ones I am not sure but something important I guess. In the Favelas recently the growth of LAN houses has been witnessed, offering IT and internet services in a grey market, tapping into data streams just like the Favelas have always been using water and electricity without paying or paying very little.</p> <a href="/node/208"><img src="http://tnl-6.local/files/images/ghettotelco.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Telecommunications Favela Style" title="Telecommunications Favela Style" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="75" /></a><div class="field field-type-text field-field-copyright"> <div class="field-label">Copyright:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> by the photographer </div> </div> </div> http://tnl-6.local/node/208#comments Brazil Travelogue Favela Hack Telecommunications Telephony Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:37:56 +0000 Armin Medosch 208 at http://tnl-6.local