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If knowledge is supposed to help overcome geographic and cultural differences, then Adelphia Communications Corp. and its high-speed Internet service are helping to provide an educational bridge.
As part of a move to introduce its cable-based high-speed Internet service to Maine, Adelphia offered connections to schools in the state. The first to accept, James F. Doughty School in Bangor, also received a Web cam.
The equipment was put to use by a middle-school Spanish class at Doughty, while their counterparts at the Francisco Oller School in Catano, Puerto Rico -- where the MSO also has a presence -- also utilized the technology last April.
The result: Second-language learning occurred across the water, via the "Project Cam" connection, a Cable in the Classroom initiative....