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When Glenn and I looked at this a while ago we tried to focus on 
populations getting the LEAST representation or with the poorest 
Internet access. I wish we could focus on getting them engaged and not 
deciding which imaginary line they're across.


On 1/17/17 4:48 PM, Eduardo Diaz wrote:
> American Samoa are US National and not US citizen by birth so they do 
> not have the same territorial status as Puerto Rico.
>
> -ed
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:15 PM John R. Levine <johnl at iecc.com 
> <mailto:johnl at iecc.com>> wrote:
>
>     > Currently despite  our  efforts the only locations outside
>     Continental US
>     > and Canada we don't have a single  US  territory as a ALS.
>
>     Sure we do: Hispanic Educational Technology Services and ISOC
>     Puerto Rico.
>
>     It's not surprising that you can't find ALS in the other territories,
>     since they're all very small.  There are about 3.5 million people in
>     Puerto Rico.  The rest are Guam with 165K, USVI with 104K,
>     American Samoa
>     with 55K, and CNMI with 53K.  All the other insular areas are
>     uninhabited
>     other than the occasional scientific or military station.
>
>     R's,
>     John
>
>     PS: PR is called a Commonwealth, but that mans that it's an organized
>     unincorporated territory, same as CNMI.
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