�òà ñåòü ñâßçàëà íåêîììåð÷åñêèå îðãàíèçàöèè ýòîãî ãîðîäà è îáåñïå÷èëà òàêèì îáðàçîì îáìåí ðåãèîíàëüíîé èíôîðìàöèåé. �îäïèñ÷èêè ýòîé ñåòè - èç êîëëåäæåé è óíèâåðñèòåòîâ, íàó÷íî-èññëåäîâàòåëüñêèõ èíñòèòóòîâ, ìåäèöèíñêèõ è ïðàâèòåëüñòâåííûõ ó÷ðåæäåíèé, øêîë è äðóãèõ îáðàçîâàòåëüíûõ ó÷ðåæäåíèé, ðàçëè÷íûõ îáùåñòâåííûõ îðãàíèõçàöèé. Žíè ïîëó÷àþò ñâîáîäíûé äîñòóï ê ˆíòåðíåòó ïðè ïîìîùè WWW è email. ""Žñíîâíàß öåëü ðàçâèòèß Civil Network - ïðåäîñòàâëåíèå êàê ìîæíî áîëüøåãî êîëè÷åñòâà èñòî÷íèêîâ èíôîðìàöèè ˆíòåðíåòà äëß áîëüøåãî êîëè÷åñòâà íåêîììåð÷åñêèõ îðãàíèçàöèé, äåßòåëüíîñòü êîòîðûõ íàïðàâëåíà íà ñëóæåíèå èíòåðåñàì íàóêè, îáðàçîâàíèß, êóëüòóðû, ñëóæá çäðàâîõðàíåíèß, ãîñóäàðñòâåííîãî óïðàâëåíèß è íà äðóãèå ãóìàííûå öåëè.""

This program, funded by Open Socieity Institute (OSI), is designed to "(a) provide 32 provincial universities in the Russian Federation with a fully equipped computing center and multi-media lab with complete access to the Internet (b) to administer content based program initiatives for the university and non-university communities". This highly informative site provides detailed information on this beneficial program, a list and map of the universities that are participating, press releases and last but not least, "Russia from Coast to Coast" which is the newsletter of the UIC.

Open from 10 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week, this cafe provides free public Internet access at approximately hour long intervals on 10 computers to any Moscow resident. A May 7, 1997 New York Times article describes this cafe and those who are using it.