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Forwarded from the Global Knowledge for Development list... -----Original Message----- From: Arun Mehta [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 April 2000 05:05 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [GKD] Project for One-way Delivery of Net content Via Satellite The Internet Societal Task Force (ISTF) has been set up under the auspices of the Internet Society to examine ways in which the Internet could be employed to address societal issues, and work towards their implementation. Details at http://www.istf.isoc.org/ With a goal of bringing all the people in the world within the ambit of the Internet, a universal access working group is being formed under the ISTF. Recognising that considerable useful Internet content, such as radio, shareware and newspapers, could be broadcast via satellite at very low cost per end user, this group has set itself a short-term objective of enabling this. Towards this end, this group is on the lookout for: 1) existing technologies that allow low-cost data broadcasting via satellite 2) companies that make appropriate products and provide satellite services 3) experts that can put such projects together 4) people/companies interested in selecting and managing the flow of content thus delivered. For more on the list this working group uses, please visit http://lyris.isoc.org/cgi-bin/lyris/lyris.pl?enter=istf-wg-uniaccess You are cordially invited to join this exciting project and list, which could easily and quickly double the number of people the Internet reaches. We will also be examining, on an on-going basis, technologies that will allow poor people to get online, and the handicapped to access the widest range of content available on the Internet, while seeking to judiciously deploy them as well. If you know people or companies knowledgeable in the above, please forward to them, as well as to lists where such can be found. Arun Mehta, B-69, Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi-110024. Phone 6841172, 6849103 http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%