ABSTRACT

Access to information is a "critical success factor" for any organization, including public service institutions such as government, education, health and medical, environmental, emergency management, and other non-profit institutions. Access is a particularly important problem in the Pacific region where island countries are separated by millions of square miles of ocean. In this region, the "transport" of this information becomes a key access issue affecting the social and economic development of the Pacific region. telecommunications. The purpose of this paper is to broadly discuss the current services and future plans of the Pan- Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) Program to deploy Internet as a public service telecommunications application. This paper describes the commitment PEACESAT to public service its current technologies, operating principles, and its Services Improvement Plan to extend Internet and other services to underserved areas through the establishment of eight (8) digital Hub Sites in Pacific Island countries. The paper focuses on the Internet and public service institutions in the Pacific since they are the driving force for the use of Internet.