Building the IT Infrastructure on La Gonave
No doubt companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft make major impacts on their local, state, and Federal economies. These companies hire and train specialist that command a strong economy which trickles down to other services and businesses in their areas.
Haiti is behind the fence on many advancements including IT (information technology). While there are tablet makers and wireless companies that are in the area as well as internet connections, the country is still not active online.
In fact to get a domain that ends in ht which is for Haiti, it costs about $99 US, while you can get a .com, or eve a .kr (Korea) for less than $20 US. This barrier to entry prevents the country from being online in one instance, and puts the country into obscurity. While there are mild internet connects in the country, mainly due to wireless telephone companies and large internet towers, Haiti must improve it's IT infrastructure.
Imagine the IT infrastructure on La Gonave. Connectivity is very poor and some would say that it is nearly active. For one, the island needs to have faster and more reliable internet coverage. This is important for businesses, schools, and locals. The more connected to the world La Gonave is, the better the island will be overall.
Not only the connectivity point, but the island needs to have more access to computers. Currently tablets are produced in Haiti, however many can't afford those tablets. While many have cell phones, many times cell phones won't have the full capacity that a computer will have.
So there are two issues that have to be addressed. One the access to computers have to increase. This can be easily done with many computers being much more affordable than even the basic tablet.
Secondly connectivity remains a problem. While this is slowly being looked at, the need to connect the island, and indeed Haiti to the rest of the world remains very critical.
Go Gonave!
Haiti is behind the fence on many advancements including IT (information technology). While there are tablet makers and wireless companies that are in the area as well as internet connections, the country is still not active online.
In fact to get a domain that ends in ht which is for Haiti, it costs about $99 US, while you can get a .com, or eve a .kr (Korea) for less than $20 US. This barrier to entry prevents the country from being online in one instance, and puts the country into obscurity. While there are mild internet connects in the country, mainly due to wireless telephone companies and large internet towers, Haiti must improve it's IT infrastructure.
Imagine the IT infrastructure on La Gonave. Connectivity is very poor and some would say that it is nearly active. For one, the island needs to have faster and more reliable internet coverage. This is important for businesses, schools, and locals. The more connected to the world La Gonave is, the better the island will be overall.
Not only the connectivity point, but the island needs to have more access to computers. Currently tablets are produced in Haiti, however many can't afford those tablets. While many have cell phones, many times cell phones won't have the full capacity that a computer will have.
So there are two issues that have to be addressed. One the access to computers have to increase. This can be easily done with many computers being much more affordable than even the basic tablet.
Secondly connectivity remains a problem. While this is slowly being looked at, the need to connect the island, and indeed Haiti to the rest of the world remains very critical.
Go Gonave!
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