Mount Everest Gets 3G Service

[€uroMeinke]

Is this jumping the shark in adventuring?

Read about it here (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371750,00.asp)

[lashbear]

...and we don't even get proper reception at home !!!!

[Disneyphile]

Ugh. It's Everest. Do people really need to Tweet from there? Enjoy the moment, people!

[Alex]

Considering that people have been making phone calls (http://peakfreaks.com/sat_phone.htm) from the slopes and peak of Everest for years it doesn't seem that big of a deal (just a different transmission mechanism).

And maintaining the purity of the climbing experience seems too high a price to not get this part: "The 3G roll out will also provide residents in the area with much-needed access to advanced telecom services."

[Kevy Baby]

This is just plain wrong: they should have installed 4G service.

[BarTopDancer]

Ugh. It's Everest. Do people really need to Tweet from there? Enjoy the moment, people!

And maintaining the purity of the climbing experience seems too high a price to not get this part: "The 3G roll out will also provide residents in the area with much-needed access to advanced telecom services."

This. There is no reason residents in the area need to go without just so people can't tweet or Facebook from there.

[€uroMeinke]

I prefer my undeveloped nations to remain undeveloped for my imperial pleasures

[Disneyphile]

This. There is no reason residents in the area need to go without just so people can't tweet or Facebook from there.That I totally support. But, I hope people will use good judgment when climbing and not put their entire climbing team in peril by tweeting. ;)

[Cynthia]

I prefer my undeveloped nations to remain undeveloped for my imperial pleasures

Whee! :cool: