Yet another reason to get angry with Bill...

[Pete Ryland]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:29:33PM +0100, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op zo, 19-03-2006 te 03:24 +0000, schreef Pete Ryland:
> > > And AFAIK at least in most cities in Africa there *is* internet
> > > connectivity.  Whether it's accessible by everyone (money-wise) is
> > > another problem of course...
> > 
> > This is certainly not true.  Let's take South Africa's comparitavely rich
> > northern neighbour Botswana.  Its capital, Gabarone, has maybe 50,000
> > population (including outlaying farms etc) and has IIRC two internet "cafes"
> > and no other possibility for internet connectivity for home use as far as I
> > know, besides GPRS which was introduced only recently. 
> 
> I won't say it's financially possible for everyone to get internet
> access, but it seems like there are at least 3 or 4 ISPs operating in
> Botswana, and at least one of them specifically mentions "personal
> dial-up internet access"?

Cool.  I'm more than happy to be wrong on what I said! :-)  As a visitor,
it's hard to see what is actually available in people's homes.  I really
hope net access becomes more and more accessible to all there and in Africa
in general.

Pete