ISP Market Structure - A Case Study

[Ahmed Abumarzouq <ahmed@p-i-s.com>]

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
attached 
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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Best Regards
Ahmed Abumarzouq, CPA
President & CEO
Palestinian Internet Services
PO Box 5111
Gaza, Palestine
WWW.P-I-S.COM
WWW.AnewDomain.net
Tel: +(970) 8 2843197
Fax: +(970) 8 2843377
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Argentina-Promoting Internet Development.doc