Connectivity Providers Database

From: "Meseret Alemu -ETC" <mesereta@telecom.net.et> To: Maria Dolores Lizarzaburu <mlizarza@darkwing.uoregon.edu>, "Meseret Alemu -ETC" <mesereta@telecom.net.et> Cc: Asfaw Hailemariam <asfawhm@telecom.net.et>, dawitget@telecom.net.et, Steven Huter <sghuter@nsrc.org> Time: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:03:51 +0300 Subject: Re: The Internet in Ethiopia >1) Could you please provide a brief technical description of the >Ethiopia's external connectivity to the Internet - including upstream >provider(s), international bandwidth of the link(s), etc. ? ETHIO INTERNET (EthioNet) -Link Type: 2Mbps uplink and 8Mbps downlink via satellite to backbone -Provider of Link: New Sky Satellite(NSS) -Bandwidth: 10 Mbps -Upstream ISP: NSS -POP location(s: NETHERLAND ETHIO INTERNET (EthioNet) -Link Type: 4Mbps uplink and 16Mbps downlink via satellite to backbone -Provider of Link: Intel Sat Satellite() -Bandwidth: 20 Mbps -Upstream ISP: Intel Sat -POP location(s: USA >2) Are there other ISPs besides Ethio Internet that have external >connectivity in Ethiopia? So far there are no other ISPs with external connectivity in Ethiopia except EthioNet. >3) Do you have any wireless technology deployed in your network, >either LAN or WAN? (If so, please describe.) We have got Fixed broadband wireless access technology already deployed. Using this technology customers can get broadband data and Internet services (as per their data speed and connectivity requirements). Best regards, Meseret Alemu <mesereta@telecom.net.et>