Wizard Internet: A Nice Tidbit to Ponder

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15956

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> I found this in a JKR chat and it intrigued me:
> 
 Wizards don't really need to use the Internet but that's 
> something that you'll find out later on in the series. They have a 
> means of finding out what goes on in the outside world that I think 
> is more fun than the Internet. Could anything be more fun than the 
> Internet? Yes! 
> 
So what do people think? How do Wizards 
> surf? Maybe since they get their mail by owl or Parrot or whatnot 
> there is a little network of sparrows and doves flying and fetching 
> other info??

I think an additional bird network would be too slow.  There is 
probably some sort of magical object that can be combined with a 
thought process to gather information about the non-wizard world.  I 
wonder, though, if everyone (or at least every adult witch and 
wizard) has access to this, or if it is restricted in some way.  
You'd think that someone like Arthur Weasley would have a way to 
investigate things like electric plugs if there was an easily 
accessible Wiz-Internet.  Maybe only people in positions of power and 
responsibility have official access (Fudge, Dumbledore).

Marianne, who wantsBook V NOW!!!