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CNET News: Geekcorps: A Peace Corps for Techies

“How do you bring the Internet to countries like Mali, where
more than 70 percent of the population is illiterate and the
telecommunications infrastructure barely exists?

“You use the radio.

“Equipped with dust-resistant PCs, digital audio broadcasting
equipment and antennas assembled from salvage, local radio
broadcasters are emerging as ersatz Internet service providers in
the West African nation, thanks in part to a program initiated by
Geekcorps…”


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