Case Studies on Development of the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Date

2000

Authors

Hahn, Saul
The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), University of Oregon

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Organization of American States

Abstract

Through the Hemisphere Wide Inter-University Scientific and Technological Information Network (RedHUCyT) project, the Organization of American States (OAS) helped local initiatives in the member states in either the creation or expansion of networks in their countries. Through the years, RedHUCyT (http://www.redhucyt.oas.org/) became a major contributing force for the development of the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean region. It collaborated and coordinated with academic institutions, governments, phone companies (PTT) and the private sector to create many of the first Internet points of presence (POPs) in this region. Essential to these developments were the local network managers and officers at participant institutions, and their dedicated teams of experts, who made these projects possible.

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9 pages

Keywords

Latin America, Internet, Caribbean, Paraguay, Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Belize

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