http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1379 Comments for "Macedonia Connects" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1379 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Academy for Educational Development (AED)<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.mkconnects.org" TARGET="_blank">http://www.mkconnects.org</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> With the support of USAID’s Last Mile Initiative, Macedonia has become the first all broadband wireless country in the world. In a country almost completely covered by mountains and where 42% of the population lives in rural areas, all of the schools have been connected to the Internet. As a direct result of the project, access to the Internet will decline from $125 USD per month to $15-20 USD per month.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1379">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1379#comment BOP Technology Activity IT Hardware Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer Government Activity Government Funded International Agency Funded Macedonia Europe and Eurasia Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:42:33 -0500 John Paul 1379 at http://www.nextbillion.net