Connectivity Providers Database

From: sghuter@psg.com (Steven Huter) To: randy@psg.com Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:28:04 -0800 Dear ALBNET-L subscribers, We have converted the Albanian Networking Forum to "listproc" format. We have rolled over the subscription list so that you are still subscribed. You don't need to resubscribe. This message is being sent in the old, manual way. Three messages sent with listproc should follow it. If you do not receive these three messages, please alert me at watson@info.irex.org. I will continue to moderate the forum. Messages destined for the entire list should continue to be sent to ALBNET-L@INFO.IREX.ORG For those unfamiliar with listproc or "listserv," note that all administrative messages should be sent as commands to the following address: LISTPROC@INFO.IREX.ORG See below for more specific information. If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following command in the body of a message via e-mail to LISTPROC@INFO.IREX.ORG: UNSUBSCRIBE ALBNET-L <your name> - Ian Watson ################################## Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 11:58:42 -0400 Errors-To: albnet@info.irex.org Reply-To: albnet-l@info.irex.org Originator: albnet-l@info.irex.org Sender: albnet-l@info.irex.org Precedence: bulk From: h.e.davies@dante.org.uk (Howard Davies) To: goldstein@nsf.gov Subject: DANTE/PHARE activities in Albania X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas DANTE [1] has a contract from the European Commission under its PHARE 1994 R&D Networking Programme [2] to improve the international services of the national academic and research networks in the PHARE countries, including Albania. Funds are also available to (establish and) improve services within the country. Although DANTE as the EC's management agent must prepare proposals and get EC approval for spending of the available funds, it is an important principle that all decisions concerning requirements and priorities are ultimately the responsibility of the beneficiary country. The PHARE Coordinator for Albania (from the Ministry of Finance and Economy) has appointed Dr Serzh Qesteri, Director of the Centre for Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation [3], as the Albanian representative on the Programme Advisory Committee. Dr Gudar Beqiraj of INIMA [4] is also involved as the Albanian representative in CEENet [5]. With the support of these colleagues in Albania, DANTE is proposing to use EC funds to - create an International Node in Tirana (at a site to be defined) with a power supply, including UPS, a Cisco router, and equipment for a 64 kbps satellite (VSAT) link to one of the Western European nodes of EuropaNET [6]. - purchase spread-spectrum wireless modems, some to be connected to the Cisco router, the others to be installed at suitable locations in Tirana to provide local and international connectivity within the city/region. - purchase PCs as local routing/switching devices at the sites provided with modems. Ways of providing service outside Tirana will be studied but there seems to be no valid reason not to start as soon as possible to provide an international connection to the Internet from within the city. The EC funds are in principle available now but, given that the EC's approval procedures can sometimes be slow and that the implementation problems within Albania will not be straightforward, no-one should expect short-term miracles. Funding from this part of the PHARE Programme is intended primarily for use by the academic and research communities within the beneficiary countries but use of the facilities for commercial traffic will also be permitted. PHARE funding will cover all operational costs (except manpower) for one year. The Albanian government will be expected to pay at least part of the operational costs (either directly or through a system of charging users or user institutions) after that. Training of Albanian engineers in the configuration and operation of the equipment will also be necessary (and funds for this are also available) but suitable ways of providing this training have not yet been found. Attendance at courses outside Albania or the organisation in Albania of a course given by Western or CEE experts are both being considered. (Can anyone help with information or suggestions?) Both DANTE and the Albanian PHARE representatives are anxious to avoid any duplication of the effort and resources being provided by other organisations. We would like to hear from other funding bodies or individuals who are providing (or planning to provide) technical or financial assistance for the establishment of Internet connections to and within Albania in order to see if our resources can be combined, or at least used in complementary ways. Howard Davies General Manager, DANTE Notes: [1] DANTE is a non-profit company based in the UK which has the national research networks from eleven European countries as its shareholders. Its main role is to provide these and other European research networks with international services. For further information, see http://www.dante.net [2] The PHARE Programme covers Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. [3] Dr Serzh Qesteri Director, Centre for Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation, Rr. Leke Dukagjini no. 5 Tirana, Albania Tel. +355 42 22491 Fax: +355 42 28300 [4] Dr Gudar Beqiraj Director, Instituti Informatikes dhe Matematikes Aplikuar (INIMA) Tirana , Albania Tel: +355 42 32968 Fax: +355 42 32122 Both Dr Beqiraj and Dr Qesteri can also be contacted by e-mail via the following address: inima@saritel.it [5] CEENet is an association of academic and research networks from the Central and Eastern European region. In addition to the PHARE countries, it includes members from: Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine. [6] EuropaNET is the principal Internet backbone in Europe with access points (at speeds up to 4 Mbps) in 16 European countries. It also provides a total of 6.5 Mbps of transatlantic capacity. See the DANTE WWW server for further information. HD(95)129 _____________________________________________________________________ * * Howard Davies - General Manager * * * Lockton House, Clarendon Road * Cambridge CB2 2BH, United Kingdom D A N T E Tel. +44 1223 302992 Fax. +44 1223 303005 _____________________________________________________________________ ================================================================ Steven N. Goldstein Program Director, Interagency & International Networking Coordination Div. of Networking and Communications Research & Infrastructure National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1175 Arlington, VA 22230 Tel: +1-703-306-1949 (Extension 1119) FAX: +1-703-306-0621 sgoldste@NSF.GOV ================================================================