Re: [GKD] Southeast Asia Tsunami and the Effective Use of

2005-01-05 Thread Tom Abeles
Community ICTs Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1/4/05, Michael Gurstein wrote in a small part: Dear GKD Members, I guess like everyone else, I've been watching the tragic events unfold... ...And thinking of it and scanning the Net for

Re: [GKD] Should Developed Countries Subsidize the Internet for LDCs?

2005-01-05 Thread Mark Summer
A few thoughts from me here about various points raised in this thread: The high costs of internet access, especially of high-speed, always on, Internet access in the remote and under-served areas of the world is due to many reasons in my experience. * Lower demand due to lower per capita income

Re: [GKD] Should Developed Countries Subsidize the Internet for LDCs?

2005-01-05 Thread Lee Thorn
On 12/28/04, John Dada [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And let me also stir things up a bit more, Lee. I've heard data bandied about what defines an LDC, and have heard things like folks living on less than $1/day. I don't know where these figures come from. But one of my mothers (yes, in rural