IP: THE MOST ADVANCED CITY IN FRANCE: Edupage, February 6, 2002

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, population 53,000, is the most
> wired city in the country, having pursued information
> technology vigorously since the mid-1990s, when French
> sentiment about the English-dominated Internet was mild. Today,
> almost 60 percent of the businesses located in the city deal
> with technology, including Cisco, France Telecom, and Compaq.
> Mayor Andre Santini has also succeeded in boosting Issy's
> Internet connectivity rates to 35 percent of the population,
> 15 percent more than the national average. Residents have a
> bevy of e-government services as well, including interactive
> town hall forums, downloadable forms, and even a
> cyberkindergarten where young children are taught computers
> and can interact with their parents via Web cams. This year,
> Issy will host the Worldwide Forum on E-Democracy as
> acknowledgement of its pioneering role in that area.
> (Wired News, 2 February 2002)

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