Email in the Solomons

I have studied the news report on the creation of an internet link for the Solomon Islands on the BBC website. The extent of the divide in the Solomons Islands is that they are quite advanced because they have devised a number of solutions for their wish to communicate with the islands. The first is radio communications; however, this gave little privacy so they moved to satellite phone. This proved to be too costly for the majority, so it was decided that they would have a number of community centres which are owned by the community which contained a computer. This computer would then allow the people to email friends and family on neighbouring islands. Because of the success of this project they have decided to explore the possibilities of distance-learning and e-commerce, providing they can increase the bandwidth. The problems that have caused the divide are that the islands have endured years of bloodshed, corruption and economic decline. One further initiative that would be useful to the islanders in reducing the digital divide is that people could by second hand computers cheaply and then access a wireless signal emitted by these centres which would allow people to access the communications, distance learning and ecommerce.