What, if anything, will Leland do in a country where email or Internet exists?
. Leland is designed to be flexible, since our partner countries are at varying stages of Internet development. Leland will build on the existing capacity, with the ultimate aim of facilitating Internet access throughout each country. For some countries, that means working with the host country PT&T and/or private sector to establish a high-speed gateway. For those countries with functioning gateways, the focus may be on increasing access to the gateway, facilitating a vigorous private sector Internet Service Provider (ISP) industry and expanding access to secondary cities and rural nodes. In all cases, Leland will work with host country officials to promote Internet friendly policies oriented towards affordable, cost-based tariffing, non-discriminating access to the information available on the Internet, and the delivery of retail ISP services by the private sector. Finally, Leland Initiative will work with the USAID Mission and its partners to grow a user base of competent, dynamic i
