Re: ISP Market Structure - A Case Study

["Sam Bahour" <sbahour@palnet.com>]

Ahmad,

I sent an attatchement with this msg To: Board and Members but it did not 
show up.  Any ideas?

Sam


On 30 Aug 2001,, Sam Bahour wrote:

> Dear friends,  
> 
> As we all ponder the Palestinian ISP market these days, with hopes of a 
> better overall environment for development, I would like to add the attatched
> document to the discussion.  It is the full document to the abstract that I last
> distributed re Argentina's Internet development.  
> 
> Although no one case study of another country is fully able to be cut and 
> pasted here, this specific example is very close to our reality, minus real
> executive level commitment.  
> 
> In particular, the community on ramps on pg. 7 is worth looking at as a 
> model that may help all stakeholders define a joint project.  I proposed 
> something similar to the World Bank InfoDev program for funding back in 
> 1997.  My project did not materialize, but I think that the World Bank is now
> working on a very similar project in Palestine themselves.  
> 
> Regards,
> Sam
> 
> 
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