Connectivity Providers Database

From: jbangali@gam.healthnet.org To: sghuter@psg.com Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 15:06:28 -0500 Hello sghuter@psg.com! Wednesday February 08 1995, sghuter@psg.com writes to Jbangali: sc> From: sghuter@psg.com (Steven Huter) sc> Please let me know if the following is correct: sc> Medical Research Council sc> Box 273 sc> Banjul sc> Voice: 220-495-442 sc> Fax: 495-919; Modem: 497-012 sc> Joe Bangali <jbangali@gam.healthnet.org> Yes, these pieces of information are correct. sc> I would also like to know if non-health e-mail access is provided by this sc> node to Gambians who request it? In other words, do you provide public sc> access for NGOs or individuals who seek network access? Yes, other individuals or institutions can network access as long as they agree to abide by the license agreement. In fact TANGO and Save the children (USA) good example of our users who non-health workers. sc> Any additional information you can provide about this node's current sc> set-up and future development plans would also be greatly sc> appreciated. We have plans to expand the local user base but our problem is funding for modems. A number of instutions have been identified who have computers and telephones lines and who can benefit from the network. However, for some reason which is related to 'IT-phobia' (I think) it hasn't been easy getting people to invest in modems, if only for trials. The system has been in use for one year now. and at the moment we have 14 points on line. The user base is quite varied interms of type of work they do Joe