From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 17:49:58 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Caribbean Internet Services? (fwd)
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> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
> Subject: Caribbean Internet Services?
> 
> A brief note, though the hardship to the Caribbean islands will not be brief.
> St. Thomas, St. Croix, and other islands were hit extremely hard by
> hurricane Marilyn. Previous hurricanes, including Luis, also hit some of
> the islands.
> 
> ObCypherpunks Relevance: A couple of past or current list members have
> nascent Internet plans in some of these islands. (I think one of them is
> way south, just off Venezuela.)
> 
> I suspect "Caribbean Data Havens" and "Internet Sites" are further off than
> they were a few months ago.
> 

Satellite dishes and a steady supply of gasoline via a couple of tankers
would make such an operation completely portable. A more ideal solution
would be to moore a ship in international waters (wasn't some group wanting
to do this for 'humanitarian' reasons or somesuch?).

                                               Jim Choate