Connectivity Providers Database

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 00:58:02 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> To: Steven G. Huter <sghuter@nsrc.org> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@nsrc.org> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0303140054180.25444-100000@paixhost.pch.net> > what is the current external connectivity ? The government has a 2mb pipe from the World Bank in D.C., carrying data. They've got a 768K pipe carrying voice compressed at 5:1 for the wireline telco. There's one GSM operator currently running, and they have a voice connection out to somewhere in Europe, unknown but very small capacity, probably around 512K. There's a second GSM operator that's licensed but not yet operating, which intends to start with 2mb compressed voice, and eventually bump it up to 45mb VoIP and data, if they can begin consolidating some of the NGO and embassy VSATs. end-user organizations, all foreign. So there's a tremendous amount of money being bled out of the country in space segment fees, all with no aggregation, really. -Bill