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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear Friends on these
Lists,<br>
<br>
today, I would like to explain why I have been silent for so many
weeks: At the beginning of March 2013, I moved from Phnom Penh to
Kep - about 4 to 5 hours by bus south of Phnom Penh. I do not live
in the city of Kep, but about half an hour away by a rural
motorcycle-taxi.<br>
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What I had not checked before moving there was wireless Internet
connection – believing the claim of a dozen Internet service
providers that they cover the whole country. Now, the "Father of
the Internet in Cambodia" (as I am sometimes called in the local
newspapers) is again suffering from the "digital divide," which I
had tried to close when I started the first Internet provider
system in Cambodia in 1994.<br>
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I am in negotiations with several ISPs in the region, trying to
find out if anything could be done to overcome this isolation. So
far, there is not yet much hope, because they would add coverage
only if they could expect several hundred new user in that area -
and that is completely beyond any realistic projection.<br>
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Though I still hope to get Internet access again in the not too
distant future, or have access by traveling regularly to places
covered, I wanted to share this. Also, as a member of the
Executive Committee, I am not living up to my expected obligations
(and I am aware of it) - so I would like to ask for a frank
discussion whether and when and how I should be replaced.<br>
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At present, I am in Phnom Penh for a few days, having Internet
access, and I am struggling to wade through several thousand
e-mail headers.<br>
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Greetings to all - please remember that the digital divide
continues to exists, in spite of all the discussions about net
neutrality and universal broadband access etc. etc.<br>
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<br>
Norbert Klein<br>
<br>
All new:<br>
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Tel: +855 - 88 9513015<br>
P. O. Box 9829 <br>
Kep<br>
Cambodia<br>
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