Infrastructure Accessibility - The Prince Edward Island Experience Prince Edward Island is the smallest of the 10 Canadian provinces and is located in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the country. Traditional industries include farming, fishing, shell fish aquiculture and tourism. The economy of the Island has been growing at a healthy pace over the past number of years with the help of new industries like bio-technology, aerospace and information technology. Transforming a society from selling from the land and sea to selling our technology and our services has been no easy task. One component of the transformation has been the provision of low cost public internet access. In 1998, the Federal and Provincial Government formed a partnership called the "Community Access Program" (CAP Sites) to bring affordable public internet access to citizens. Today, no Island resident lives more than 9 minutes from a public internet access site. CAP Sites are usually located in public buildings such as schools, libraries and post offices. Some sites have evolved to provide services to the community such as internet training for seniors, web site development and business incubation centres. With improvements in the economy, greater computer literacy and lower cost technology; more than 50 percent of Islanders now have internet access in their home. This presentation will highlight the successes and challenges of introducing internet technology to rural communities