Its strengths are the training staff, the strong emphasis on people meeting people at the center, and the interest taken by the high tech business community in Silicon Valley. Training Center, Wa, Ghana. This is a town of 80,000 and only fifty computers. It is17 hours by bus from Accra, the capital. The telecomms costs are high within Ghana, and the phone line to the capital is not reliable.
Electricity is available most of the day.
With a Small Project Assistance Grant, Tod Bruning, a Peace Corps volunteer, established a small center with three computers, modem, and Internet access. Dover, Tasmania, is the southernmost town in Australia. This seaside town of 500 has one of the most stable telecentres in the Australian Rural Telecentre Association. Dover Community Telecentre Inc. provides desktop publishing services, hotel and inn bookings, information on local crafts, art, and gourmet foods, as well as e-mail and fax services for visitors. In Parthenay, France, the city is setting up seven digital spaces.