Connectivity Providers Database

From: sghuter@igc.apc.org To: randy@psg.com Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 09:27:45 /* Written 3:08 AM Feb 22, 1995 by renaud@orstom.fr in igc:list.interafri */ /* ---------- "welcom to CI domain" ---------- */ Internet in Cote d'Ivoire CI, national top level domain of Ivory Cost is now register in NIC tables. CI's the fourth national domain opened in Africa in the framework of the RIO project: - SN: Senegal opened in late 1992 with ENSUT (Engineer school of University of Dakar) - BF: Burkina-Faso opened in late 1993 with ESI (Engineer school of University of Ouagadougou) - ML: Mali opened in 1994 with CNRST (National Research Institute) CI domain is a result of the collaboration among INSET (Engineer School of University of Yamoussoukro), ORSTOM-Rio project and MEDIAS (International research project on Global Changes). RIOnet Email access has been running for 4 years in Abidjan. It's linking presently about 10 small organizations. The opening of the National Domain and the implication of a Highs level School boost Internet in Ivory Cost. A plan to connect 7 highs training Institutes in the 3 main towns of the country is already started. The set up technology is the following : - Unix stations as Main nodes managing UUCP, X25 and TCP/IP protocols - dialup and uucp/uupc access for end users (ppp link is under consideration) - international link through X25 (Syntranpac) The uucp/f protocol is used temporarily for international email connectivity in order to reduce telecommunication expense. The national CI domain is going to be shown at AFRICAGIS conferences, Abidjan, Mars 6-10, Golf Hotel. Pascal Renaud Head RIO project