News Story Thursday August 7, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________ [1]Back to Tech News [2][LINK] Government of Argentine not happy with the Net [3]Ken Rutkowski Tech Talk News Argentina's coordinator for the Secretary of Communications has announced government plans to intervene in Internet service provision within the country in order to establish standards of cost and quality. "We are very dissatisfied with the degree of Internet diffusion," says Alejandro Garro. "The government is worried about the low level of penetration that the service has in Argentina both geographically and in terms of income classes." Garro is critical of the high cost of the service and the low number of Internet subscribers, estimated to around 75,000. He blames the low level of investment by national service providers and has announced that a public inquiry will deal with the issue. However, the Secretary of Communications official maintains that no government restrictions will be applied to the political, social, religious or educational content of the Internet, as has recently happened in the U.S. "In the government resolutions which paved the way for the Internet into Argentina, clear reference is made that there exists no way in which its contents can be regulated," Garro says. South America's current statistics shows Argentina's internet growth to be the second to Brazil. [4]Listen To Today's World Technology Round Up ________________________________________________________ [ [5]Welcome] [ [6]Mailing List ] [ [7]Inside Sources ] [ [8]What's New] [ [9]Cool Links ] [ [10]Audio Archives] References 1. http://www.ttalk.com/news/index1.html 2. http://www.ttalk.com/news/index1.html 3. mailto:ken@ttalk.com 4. http://audio.wirelesstcp.net/ttalkra/tech.ram 5. http://www.ttalk.com/ 6. http://www.ttalk.com/mail_list.htm 7. http://www.ttalk.com/inside_sources.htm 8. http://www.ttalk.com/whatsnew.htm 9. http://www.ttalk.com/links.htm 10. http://www.audionet.com/shows/techtalk/index.html#archive