Gassama: Do you intend to tell us that this one paragraph piece on is Gambia's plan for expanding the Internet to rural areas? Since you work at Gamtel and are responsible for planning, could you kindly expound on plans in a more detailed manner? I don't think this is asking for much considering that you just called a vague paragraph a plan. Furthermore, given that there is no electricity in most of the areas which so direly need this Internet access, don't you think we are putting the proverbial horse before the cart in this case? We direly need basics before we can move forward in the direction you people are advocating. The kids need desks, furniture, equipment and running water before computers. God forbid these kids, see what is out there and start biting the very hard that feeds them. Also, given that this a UNESCO led plan could you kindly tell us the govt's stake in this venture? I understand that a response might not be forthcoming form you, but this is my two cents on this issue.. -Yus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~