Connectivity Providers Database

To: "Steven G. Huter" <sghuter@nsrc.org> From: Charles Musisi <cmusisi@uol.co.ug> Subject: The Internet in Uganda (4/98) >o What is the total international bandwidth to Uganda at this time ? 256K + 64K + 64K = 384K ISP in UG Link Type Bandwidth Upstream ISP POP location ========= =========== =========== ================ ============== Infomail Leased Line 128K USA Starcom Leased Line 128K Taide.net Sweden SwiftGlobal Leased Line 128K USA HealthNet Dialup 288bps SateLife/Healthnet USA Mukla/UOL Remote POP/UUCP NSRC USA Infoma UUCP dialup USA AVUMUK Remote POP UOL USA Jita Fido Mukla/UOL Uganda KRC Fido Mukla/UOL Uganda MAF CC:mail MAF USA USA ** Infomail and Starcom have merged into a new ISP called Infocom. This will be fully operational in mid may. The Infomail & Starcom domains will remain for present users. new users will take on a new address: userId@infocom.co.ug New ISP will maintain two independent links to the Internet as above. >o What is the estimated number of Internet users in Uganda at this time >(including store-and-forward nets) ? 1000 + 1000 + 150 + 50 + 60 + 30 + 20 + 5 + 20 = 2335 I'll give more and corrections as they become available. Cheers -- Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charles Musisi East Africa Help Desk, P.O. Box 12510 Kampala Telfax:+256(41)233293(Office), Tel:+256(41)222769(Res) CelTel:+256(75)707096, URL: http://www.nic.ug ------------------------------------------------------