If peer tutoring's success depends upon the quality of communication reached between the tutor and tutee, then what role can communications technology play in delivering peer tutoring programmes? STARnet received funding from the Western Australian Department of Commerce & Trade allowing it to establish a pioneering internet-based peer tutoring scheme for rural students. In its initial stages the programme involved email and other, rapidly-developing web-based technologies before moving to incorporate internet-based video conferencing. The purpose of the workshop was to give the participants an understanding of both the technical issues in establishing such a programme and the practical issues that arise once peer tutoring commences. The technical issues were presented almost as a 'road-map', giving participants a chance to examine different directions one could take and an idea of where a fork in the road may appear! The technical treatment was then complemented by an examination of how effective peer tutoring is in a virtual medium via desktop-based internet video-conferencing.