By John Browning 2.08 - Aug 1994 The Accidental Zillionaire Microsoft spawned two billionaires. Paul Allen is the other one. To the American heartland, they're information-age Robin Hoods, dispensing cheap cable access. To the cable industry, they're organized crime, pulling in half a billion dollars a year. By Charles Platt 2.06 - Jun 1994 Wiring Africa You go to a small village in Africa.
People are hungry.
A bitter culture clash has reduced Japan to a third-rate power in networking. With a Plan Education revolutionary Ed Lyell has actually been elected to the Colorado State Board of Education. The End of the Party Line Russian phone service stinks. Jack Rickard scopes out the emerging billion-dollar cottage industry of BBSes. Before the Gulf War, one of the most culturally prudish countries in the world had a choice of exactly one channel, Indian National Television.