Guatemala
Internet Connectivity for Those Who Require It. December 1997

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In rural areas the minimum daily salary is about $3, whereas the cost of installing a phone line is about $300 and the monthly rental cost is about $15.
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So you can see that providing wide-scale access is a serious problem, and our government is trying to solve it. One step that has been taken is the demonopolization of telecommunications.
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There is a project that was developed by the United Nations Development Program to provide Internet servides for NGOs and private users, but it is still not working.
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So providing new services, including Internet access, for all of Guatemala, is still far off, but at least the process has begun.

Carlos A. Marroquin
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