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Jamillah Knowles | 11:38 UK time, Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Hello all!

The podcast is ready and waiting for you. This week we have a little globetrotting.

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Former Up All Night editor Howard Benson is currently in Ghana. While exploring he has also been noting how local people use the web and reports back to us about browsing habits and 3g activity.

Here's a few snapshots of life around Howard while he is in Ghana, you can see computer hard drive sales and the presence of Vodaphone for 3g services. Howard has also been recording video about local life - you can explore with him .

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From Ghana to South Korea. Many of us dream of high broadband speeds and ubiquitous internet access. Certainly in the UK, the broadband speeds leave many with something to be desired, but in South Korea, citizens can experience 100 megbits per second. So how does that change the way you connect? is a Phd student at King's College, Cambridge. He spent around a year in South Korea and kindly told me more about his experience.

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Last but not least, the fantastically productive is the editor of a new paper that you can read as a physical copy or online. Hackers! encompasses the world of making, mixing and creating - much like the editor herself.

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That's all for this week, as ever, if there is something that we should know about then get in touch. You can email me at Outriders at bbc dot co dot uk, come and say hi on Twitter or indeed search for Outriders on Facebook and join us there for updates.

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Until next week!

~ Jamillah

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