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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 17:19:48 +0200 From: Manal Ismail <mismail@idsc.gov.eg> To: Karl Kurien <kkurien@gladstone.uoregon.edu> Cc: sghuter@nsrc.org, randy@nsrc.org > could you update us on the local exchange point that was to be set > up in Egypt for the purposes of Internet connectivity ? The local exchange point is located at IDSC. It currently connects 4 major gateway operators in Egypt via 64K links: IDSC/RITSEC - Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) - Internet Egypt Corp. - Geganet Corp. The EUN has an exchange for the educational sector. > What is the total international bandwidth that currently serves Egypt ? The total international BW (Symmetrical & Receive only) is 26 Mbps > A summary of the local ISPs currently operating in Egypt ? Total number of ISPs is 55 in 18 governorates. 1. 3MAS 2. Access 3. Advance Net 4. Alex-net 5. Alex comm 6. American Chamber 7. Aswanet 8. At&t 9. British Company - BEC 10. CNS Alex 11. Commnet 12. Compunet 13. Computer Systems Eng. Center 14. Consultant Information Center 15. Contact 16. Data Express 17. Datum 18. Egyfit 19. Egypt Network 20. Egytp on Line 21. EIS/MASH 22. EL Beheira 23. El Borak 24. EL Masreya Computer & Prog. 25. ETS 26. Egyptian Universities Network - EUN 27. Future Suez 28. Future Tanta 29. Global Net 30. Gnet 31. ICL 32. IDSC/RITSEC 33. Infinity 34. Intouch 35. Link Egypt 36. Medum Net 37. Mena Net 38. Misr Net 39. Mist 40. Nefertec 41. Nil Net - IEC 42. Nour Consult 43. Omega 44. On Line 45. PACC 46. Rainbow Net 47. RITE 48. Safwa 49. SCC 50. Sinai Net 51. Soficom 52. Starnet 53. Technomena 54. Wayout 55. World Net > What is the number estimated number of Internet users in Egypt at > this time (including store-and-forward networks) ? Total estimated number of users: 180,000. The number of paid accounts is around 45,000 > Could you estimate what percentage of each belong to > Academic/Research and Education,Commercial,NGO/non-profit,Government, > Intl orgs (i.e. UN, WB, etc.) Governmental & NGO sector: 17% Commercial Sector & Individuals: 60% Educational & Academic Sector: 22% ----------------------------------------------------- IDSC - Communication Unit Cabinet of Egypt Information & Decision Support Center Address: 11A Hassan Sabry Zamalek 11211 Cairo Egypt Phone: +(202) 3391368 Fax: +(202) 3412139 -----------------------------------------------------
