IP: ...BBC story "The great African internet robbery"

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

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From: Chris Spurgeon <CSpurgeon () electronicink com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:58:06 
To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: For IP ...BBC story "The great African internet robbery"

Professor....
 
Interesting story on the BBC News website this morning...
 
"Africa is being ripped off - to the tune of some $500m a year - simply for
hooking up to the World Wide Web, say Kenyan internet company chiefs.
 
"And this extra cost is partly to blame for slowing the spread of the
internet in Africa and helping sustain the digital divide, they contend....
 
The article is at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1931000/1931120.stm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1931000/1931120.stm> 

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