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From: David A Horne <David.Horne@octacon.co.uk> To: sghuter@psg.com Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 14:27:49 -0400 > Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 14:08:36 -0400 > Reply-to: albnet-l@info.irex.org > From: Sokol Marishta <smarisht@eecs.uic.edu> > To: dah10@goole.octacon.co.uk > Subject: Re: Is this Albania link for real? > Does anybody know what makes so difficult, to estabilish a site of Internet > in Albania. The thing that I am not able to understand is that the > procedure is very trivial and straight-forward. What I mean is are the > difficulties faced administrative (like local byrocracy, ...etc) or > technical. Any answer is very much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Sokol Q Marishta > =============================== > University of Illinois at Chicago > Department of Computer Science > URL: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~smarisht > > The problem is not at all technical - there are groups with the capability to establish Internet hosting and administration, I am working with one such group at INIMA to do exactly this. The problem is MONEY! No-one there can afford to establish an Internet feed (minimum requirement really is 64kbit/s) to the rest of the world. Things are happening, but it's unlikely that there will be any noticeable action until 1996. David Horne -- David.Horne@octacon.co.uk (Octacon Ltd Tel/Fax:+44 1642 210087/518) "ONYX" - Internet service provider to Northern England and Ulster