Re: Rural on-line access funded (Free Press Sat. Jan. 18/97)

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From: Kevin Georgison
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:42:21 GMT, mross@GlobalInnovations.com wrote:

... SNIP ...

> Industry minister John Manley announced yesterday that more than 700
> rural communities across the country will be getting grants of up to
> $30,000 each to setup public Internet access sites and train local
> residents and businesses to use the technology.

That is hardly enough!  Unless...  A Pentium Pro with at least 128
megs running Linux is used (no cheap hardware either!) and a group of
talented volunteers with lots of time on their hands hangs around.

,,, SNIP ...

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From: keving@freenet.mb.ca (Kevin Georgison)
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Date: 1997/02/05
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