On Tuesday, April 28, 1998 10:19 PM, Peter deBlanc[SMTP:pdeblanc at usvi.net] wrote: @Thanks Bob, for your comments on this interesting concept. I have always @promoted public service internet access. In fact, my paper for the @Internet Society conference in Hawaii in 1995 was about a funding model @for public internet access in developing countries. After spending 5 @years working for the United Nations in such countries in the Caribbean, @It became clear that some method was needed to bridge the gap between @"information haves" and information have-nots". I am all in favor of @profitable enterprise. And I subscribe to the concept that pro bono @service is a responsibility of the mature professional. @ @You (all on the list) may be interested in reading my paper, "Networking @the Caribbean via the VIP FreeNet" @ @at http://www.usvi.net/cobex/inet95 @ People might also be interested in this lecture or other similar developments in the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean. @@@@ http://bviwelcome.com/limin/upcome.html May 8 - COLLEGE LECTURE SERIES - Lecture at 5:30 p.m) "Small Island Developing States in the Global Economy: Can the BVI Be a model for the development of other island economies?" by Pierre Encontre of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development based in Switzerland. Information: 284-494-4994 (date tentative @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ - Jim Fleming Unir Corporation IBC, Tortola, BVI http://vi.unir.net -------- Logged at Wed Apr 29 12:36:47 MET DST 1998 ---------