Centenarian Allon Miller (seated) shows off his skills on his computer after he was given free Internet service yesterday, courtesy of Cable and Wireless. Looking on (from left) are Xesus Johnston, vice-president of broadband and consumer service, Rodney Davis, president of Cable and Wireless Jamaica, and Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer

Allon Miller, a 101-year-old resident of Bray Street in East Kingston, says the first thing he will do after receiving Internet access is send an email to his daughter in Virginia.

"I talk to her all de time and I can talk to her more now dat I have de Internet," Mr. Miller said yesterday with a smile.

The centenarian has been provided with free lifetime Internet access by Cable and Wireless Jamaica, after the telecommunications firm learned of his active use of the computer and love of the web.

FREE Lifetime access

Rodney Davis, president of Cable and Wireless Jamaica, was on hand to make the initial arrangements for the installation of Mr. Miller's Internet service.

"I would like to thank everybody for the kind offer and appreciation," said Mr. Miller. "Because sometimes when yuh reach certain age, people throw yuh wey, but I think de older I get is de more attractive I get."

Except for a slight hearing problem and fading eyesight, which he blames on an inept optician, the centenarian is still quite active and completely alert.

Active and alert

"Mi dear, one year ago mi eyesight was perfect, till I went to optician and she spoil-up mi eye," he said. "Except for that my brain is 100 per cent good, I have no complaint, no fever, no nothing."

Mr. Miller says he spends all his time on his computer, a gift he received in April last year from his younger sister for his 100th birthday .

"Dis here (the computer) is my girlfriend and my wife and everytin'. Sometime all 12:00, 1:00 o'clock in de mawnin' I still on mi computer," he said. "Nobody cyan get jealous."

Mr. Miller said his favourite games to play on his computer are solitaire and free cell.