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FLAG is an enterprise in which NYNEX Network Systems Company is a major (roughly 40%) investor.
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Current fiber link from U.K. to Japan (via Africa) is being constructed at an approximate $1.4B cost
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Natural Strategy is for Web Servers in U.S.A.. to deliver educational material via FLAG to Africa and Far East
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This would set up hierarchically as:
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U.S.A.. to first offramps: Coastal Countries (in Africa)
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Coastal Countries distribute information in cascade fashion to rest of continent
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Download bulk educational material ONCE (standard caching scenario)
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Use FLAG Interactively for exploration and for student-teacher Interaction
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Real-Time Compression critical for interactive use of FLAG as lines are costly -- note Internet is free but needs compression as overloaded ....
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