Connectivity Providers Database

From: Miguel Peirano <miguel@chasque.apc.org> To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) CC: overseas-list@psg.com (Overseas Networkers), miguel@chasque.apc.org Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 01:24:30 -0300 URUGUAY Telephone network: Operated by ANTEL (100% State owned) Uruguay is completing a general upgrading of its telephone network. Most towns above 500 people have IDD & X25 services, and 60% of lines are served by digital exchanges. International traffic represents 45% of ANTEL's income. There are cellular telephones in Montevideo and Punta del Este, operated by a private Argentinian contractor. NETWORK CONNECTIONS Uruguay has no direct Internet connection, so you cannot "ping" any Uruguayan host. There is a project to connect the local University to the the University of Porto Alegre via a dedicated SLIP line, but there have been no official announcements. It is just as possible that the same is attempted from Buenos Aires, although the present bandwidth available from atina.ar would not allow any spare. Almost certainly all connections to and from Uruguay are either UUCP over voice lines or over X25. Many people use the URUPAC (PSDN) to access remote machines, mainly via some service providers who have agents in Uruguay (such as Delphi or ATT). To my knowledge there is no longer a Fido node in Uruguay receiving Fido traffic from outside, although one or two isolated Fido boards do operate. chasque.apc.org is working with some fido enthusiasts to provide a channel via rfmail on their Unix system. PSDN: URUPAC -------------------------------------------- Operated by ANTEL. (DNIC 7482) The software and hardware providing this service was developed locally by a private company INTERFASE who also designed the telex system in the early 80's. It provides normal X25 connectivity and a variety of other services: data to telex and fax, and rudimentary Email (one can drop an ASCII file into a users NUI, who gets notified when logging in). There is a public access NUI where foreign network users can drop email into local users' NUIs. Access numbers of interest are: 7482121 Public access "maildrop" box 7482116 General information and user list. URUPAC charges: Peak charges for X25 connections to (25% off 7pm-8am): US dollars Minute Kilosegment -------------------------------------- Domestic 0.026 1.22 Argentina 0.094 4.88 Brazil 0.121 6.10 All others 0.231 10.98 Deferred Fax (minute) ------------------------- USA 1.04 Europe 2.47 World 3.68 RAU - Red Academica Uruguaya ---------------------------- Operated by SECIU (Servicio Central de Informatica), Universidad de la Republica. Colonia 2066, Montevideo Phone: +598 2 483901 Fax: +598 2 415843 Director: Ida Holz Information: postmaster@seciu.uy Seciu provides Email services to a number of university facilities, mostly running UUPC from MS-DOS PCs, although there are some Unix hosts (i.e. inco.seciu.edu.uy). Seciu itself operates a Sun 4 machine and polls both uunet.uu.net and dcfcen.edu.ar three times a day. They provide feeds to non- university hosts for a fee and administer the uy domain. Charges: Monthly fee: US$ 20 Traffic: US$ 0.35 / Kb (incoming and outgoing) Chasque ------- Operated by ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo) Jackson 1136, Montevideo. Ph: +598 2 496192 Fax: +598 2 419222 Director: Roberto Bissio <rbissio@chasque.apc.org> Information: apoyo@chasque.apc.org Chasque is an APC node serving the "civil society" (NGOs, social organizations, trade-unions, etc.) It currently has around 120 users although it has only been fully operational since mid-July. Chasque operates a Sun SparcStation 2 and connects four times a day with igc.org. It also connects with seciu.uy every two hours. Charges (US dollars) Monthly fee: 10 (one hour free) Hourly: 3 Traffic: 0.12 / Kb (incoming and outgoing) --------------------------------------------------------- Miguel Peirano miguel@chasque.apc.org Chasque Tel +598 2 496192 Instituto del Tercer Mundo FAX +598 2 419222 Casilla 1539, Montevideo 11000 URUGUAY