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PUBLIC ACCESS NETWORK IN PERU
The Peruvian Scientific Network, begun five years ago with seed money from
the United Nations Development Fund and now reaching 22,000 subscribers, is
the only cooperative network in Latin America that offers public use of
computers and is not financed by a government. A Peruvian political
analyst says that "the Peruvian network is the first to capture the true
spirit of the Internet and cyberspace because is provides access to
everyone even if you don't have a computer. It answers that troubling
question about access to new technology and whether the average person will
be left out of the technological revolution." For $15 a month the network
offers public access to the Internet along with a bank of computers and
classes on network navigation. (New York Times 27 May 96 p23)
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Educom -- Transforming Education Through Information Technology
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