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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
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Subject: Re: Summary: Who is on the net?
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Date: 28 May 91 18:39:43 GMT
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In article <1991May27.141355.978@darwin.ntu.edu.au> b_duke@darwin.ntu.edu.au (Brian Duke) writes:
                                [...]
>Getting the net properly working in developing countries would perhaps 
>be the single most important development in helping them to compete in 
>research and education. However lots of other important things would have 
>to happen at the same time, like good telephone and fax connections, 
>better organised institutions etc.
                                [...]
Hey, is it really necessary to have a local telephone exchange before you
can hook up internationally?

Couldn't a small satellite dish with the appropriate equipment do the job?  I
really don't know the answer to this question, that is why I am asking.  I am
recalling stories of Kuwaitis during the Gulf War who were able to maintain
telephone contact with the rest of the world because of the satellite dishes
they had in their back yards.

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