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Internet access helps to fight poverty
Former Intel head Craig Barrett makes web connections in the third world
AMSTERDAM -- Deep in the Amazon is a high tech paradise called Parintins. Through a WiMax connection, two schools, a community center and a medical clinic, can make use of the worldwide web. Thanks to the satellite connection, schoolchildren can download information from Internet. And doctors can consult colleagues who work a few thousands kilometers away for complex medical diagnostics.
