Connectivity Providers Database

From: Lishan Adam <Lishan_Adam@PADIS.GN.APC.ORG> To: Multiple recipients of list AFRIK-IT <AFRIK-IT@IRLEARN.UCD.IE> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 16:57:07 +0000 Ralph Lee writes: > I am currently involved in setting up a link with a > college in southern Ethiopia, at a town called Arba Minch. There are a couple of guys linked to the national node from Arba Minch. > technology institute is engineering. The Arba Minch institute was already contacted. A modem was supplied to the Ethiopian Sceinec and Technolgy Commission to establish a link at the Water Technolgy Institute. They told me that the Dean of the Institute is not there at the moment to finalize connections. > therefore overseas. The main problem is that there is a very dodgy 7 > km long line from the town to the college. Our experience in Ethiopia shows that this may not be a problem. The only thing needed is a good error correction modems. Zyxel modem would be fine. It worked here and there where we have doggy telephone lines. You may wish to look at other options such as radio link (which works well) between town and the 7 KM at the Institute. I am afraid this is cumbersome with the PT&T regulating everything. You need to talk to the PT&T (Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority) before hand. I am definetly sure that the Zyxel modem (even some good brands) will do miracles as far as you make a phone call from the Institute. if you can not make phone calls then you need to work on the Radio option. The Ethiopian Science and Technolgy Commission group will be visiting the Institute in Spetember and we will see their findings. Thanks. Lishan Lishan Adam, Coodinator CABECA Sysop PADISnet P.O.Box 3001 P.O.Box 5834 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia New York, NY 10163 Tel: +251 1 511167 Fax: (212) 963 4957 Fax: +251 1 517200