ROSEMARY CHURCH, WORLD NEWS: Leaders from the Asia-Pacific region are pledging to provide Internet access to all their citizens by the year 2010. Alfonso Van Marsh has this story of a unique plan to get people online in Brunei.</s>ALFONSO VAN MARSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Brunei is creating a path to the information super highway just off these remote jungle rivers. Here, electricity, never mind Internet access, is a luxury despite the Southeast Asian nation's reputation as an oil-rich state. But government telephone workers are installing an access system of solar panels and radio signals that can bring the Internet to the most isolated village.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There are about 200 workers now currently waiting for the services. And we are using the point to multi-point access system to provide the necessary lines to those living in the remote areas. As you see, the remote areas, the -- we have to adopt certain suitable technology for this purpose. And what is very important here is they will be able to access the Internet through the speed of 56 kilobits per second.</s>VAN MARSH: Fifty-six kilobits is an average personal computer Internet connection speed in cities with established power grids. Officials say they'll spend over $10 million for power connections and hardware so that there will be at least one computer for every five students, even for those living in Brunei's most remote location. Alfonso Van Marsh, CNN.
Plan To Get People Of Brunei Online