BleepingComputer.com: Geekcorps: A Peace Corps For Techies

<img src='/images/misc/miniworld.gif' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>How do you bring the Internet to countries like Mali, where more than 70 percent of the population is illiterate and the telecommunications infrastructure barely exists? <br /> <br /> </b><br /><br />Last modified: February 28, 2006, 4:00 AM PST<br /> By Michael Kanellos <br /> Staff Writer, CNET News.com<br /> <br /> You use the radio. <br /> <br /> Equipped with dust-resistant PCs, digital audio broadcasting equipment and antennas assembled from salvage, local radio broadcasters are emerging as ersatz Internet service providers in the West African nation, thanks in part to a program initiated by Geekcorps, a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating high-tech skills and businesses in the world's emerging nations. <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://msn-cnet.com.com/Geekcorps+A+Peace+Corps+for+techies/2100-1008_3-6043635.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_6043635&tag=t' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Complete Article</font></a><br /><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://msn-cnet.com.com/Geekcorps+A+Peace+Corps+for+techies+-+page+2/2116-1008_3-6043635-2.html?tag=st.next' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Page Two</font></a><br />