CariAccess Communications was a leading
Internet
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and telecommunications company in Barbados,
Saint Lucia and
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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. The company offered
Internet service
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,
webhosting and domain name registration services. The company was based in the country of
Barbados
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and in all countries, it competed against its main competitor
Cable and Wireless. The company was founded by a Saint Vincentian,
Anthony Gunn.
History
In 1999 CariAccess Communications, Inc had applied for several licenses to provide services in the southern Caribbean-countries of
Barbados
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, the
Commonwealth of Dominica
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,
St. Lucia
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,
St. Vincent,
Trinidad
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. In the
United States
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it also operated under the name
Phone Line Co. based-in
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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. CariAccess has filed several legal challenges in recent years concerning the corporate policies of
Cable and Wireless in the region. These challenges were brought under the claim that C&W engages in activities that are discriminatory of competing providers in the newly liberalised telecommunications markets in the Caribbean.
CariAccess previously had an agreement to merge with Barbados-based
Sunbeach Communications, Inc. at which time both companies had planned to jointly form a venture with AT&T Wireless. Soon after the deal collapsed for the joint-venture later also fell through with Sunbeach.
In 2007, the company's founder Gunn died of health complications. the company continued to operate for some time before winding up operations.
Update: Breaking News! CariAccess Silenced: C&W’s Main Opposer Loses Battle and Succumbs to Cancer in Barbados – Sadly True!
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See also
*List of Barbadian companies
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References
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External links
Gunning for Cable & WirelessCariaccess Communications to Introduce VoIP Service to Islands of the Caribbean Using i2Telecom's VoiceStick-TM- Softphone
Internet service providers of Barbados