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Various of Tallinn skyline2. Various of man dressed in medieval costume selling nuts at stall3. Managing Director of Heathmont Enterprises Tim Heath making telephone call via internet in cafe4. Computer screen5. Heath finishing...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Various of Tallinn skyline\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of man dressed in medieval costume selling nuts at stall\u003cbr/\u003e3. Managing Director of Heathmont Enterprises Tim Heath making telephone call via internet in cafe\u003cbr/\u003e4. Computer screen\u003cbr/\u003e5. Heath finishing conversation\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tim Heath, Managing Director Heathmont Enterprises:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm in a cafe here having breakfast, doing my e-mails...\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of people working on laptops in cafe \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tim Heath, Managing Director Heathmont Enterprises:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Everything's done on the Internet, project management is done on the Internet....\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Historic street\u003cbr/\u003e10. Sign for wi-fi (wireless internet) in bar\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various close ups of wi-fi sign\u003cbr/\u003e12. People walking through front door of Skype, the company that has pioneered free Internet telephony \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of programmers working\u003cbr/\u003e14. Set up Sten Tamkivi, head of Skype in Tallinn\u003cbr/\u003e15. Cutaway of workers\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sten Tamkivi, Head of Skype in Tallinn:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The core of Skype that now has been downloaded two hundred million times...\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Set up of highschool student, Kris Haamer, working on computer\u003cbr/\u003e18 SOUNDBITE: (English) Kris Haamer, High School student:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In thirty years we won't have any computers...\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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Various of boys at computers\u003cbr/\u003eAfter years of Soviet control and regulation, internet use is sky-rocketing in the former Eastern bloc.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd nowhere is it more popular than Estonia -- where surfing the net is as easy as ordering a cup of coffee.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Estonian capital Tallinn is a city of contrasts.\u003cbr/\u003eTourists flock in their thousands to enjoy the winding, cobblestone streets in its Old Town and take in the local character.  \u003cbr/\u003eBut these days you're just as likely to find a modern cafe offering its customers a free wireless Internet connection with their espresso.\u003cbr/\u003eAustralian computer programmer Tim Heath runs his own internet gaming company from Tallinn. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says the city's wireless internet - or wi-fi - culture makes it possible to combine work and leisure. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm in a cafe here having breakfast, doing my e-mails, but the cafe next door has free internet, the one down the street has free wireless internet, it's just a very convenient way of doing business in a relaxed atmosphere, enjoying yourself.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Tim Heath, Managing Director Heathmont Enterprises\u003cbr/\u003eThe first wi-fi hotspots in Estonia were launched in the spring of 2001. \u003cbr/\u003eToday, there are more than 280 throughout the country, many of them free of charge. \u003cbr/\u003eWith such widespread access, regular office hours are no longer the norm.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Everything's done on the Internet, project management is done on the Internet. We talk to our clients in Europe over the Internet using Skype, one of the other technologies built from here, and we don't need to sit in an office from nine to five because we're working online in different time zones and it's a very effective way to work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Tim Heath, Managing Director Heathmont Enterprises\u003cbr/\u003eThe wi-fi hotspots with their orange and black signs can be seen all over the capital.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the fifteen years since it broke free from Soviet rule, a technological revolution has swept through this tiny Baltic country.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd there is no better symbol of this revolution than Skype, the company that has pioneered free Internet telephony.\u003cbr/\u003eWorking from a nondescript building on Tallinn's outskirts, these young programmers, mostly Estonian, are part of one of the telecommunications world's most important companies. \u003cbr/\u003eSten Tamkivi is the head of Skype in Tallinn.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The core of Skype that now has been downloaded two hundred million times and we have seventy million users and we're adding another million in five days. Every five days we get another million, the core of that software was developed pretty much by three guys so this is something that Estonians are know to be able to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sten Tamkivi, Head of Skype in Tallinn\u003cbr/\u003eMore than one in 10 Estonians use the Net-a higher rate, in relative terms, than in France or Italy.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd for younger Estonians, access to the Internet is taken for granted as a basic right.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"In thirty years we won't have any computers, we will have Internet available like everywhere using for example a panel, you won't have a computer sitting on your desk, it will be in your watch or in your glasses, it will be everywhere.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kris Haamer, High School student\u003cbr/\u003eEstonia has become the most cyber-oriented state to emerge from the collapsed Soviet Union with many dubbing it \"E-stonia\".\u003cbr/\u003eMuch of the credit for this 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