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From: "Ruurd Sieffers" <ruurd.sieffers@telesur.sr> To: 'Maria Dolores Lizarzaburu' <mlizarza@uoregon.edu> Cc: "'Steve Hute'" <sghuter@nsrc.org>, "'Rieskin Marjorie'" <marjorie.rieskin@telesur.sr>, "'August Imang'" <august.imang@telesur.sr> Time: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:44:42 -0300 Subject: RE: Suriname and the Internet >1)Could you please provide a brief technical description of Suriname 's >external connectivity to the Internet - including upstream >provider(s). international bandwidth of the link(s),etc? Telesur (as Access Service Provider) has a DS3 connection via French Guyana over the America ’s 2 submarine cable to Hollywood Florida and our provider is SPRINT >2)Please list the ISPs with external/international connectivity >currently operating in the country, with the information in the >following format: ISPs LINK TYPE BANDWIDTH UPSTREAM ISP POP LOCATION ------- -------------- --------- ------------ ------------ SRNet (Telesur) connected to backbone 25Mb/s Telesur Telesur CQLink ? ? New Skies? ?(this ISP is not connected via Telesur to the international IP backbone) >3)Please include the URLs for each ISP above described. www.sr.net (or www.telesur.sr) www.cq-link.sr >4)What do you see as the prospects for Internet growth in Suriname; >what would help it, and what are the major obstacles? Since a few years we see that the international bandwidth demand doubles almost every year (which is in line with Gilder’s Law). The major obstacles though are: a low penetration of PC’s in the country, a slow growth of ICT knowledge, an expensive international bandwidth (in comparison to developed countries) a relatively high use of this international bandwidth due to limited amount of local content, and a low average income of the people. What would help is more PC’s in the homes, more ICT education at school, subsidized international bandwidth (especially the transport of the IP-traffic over the 3000 km long submarine cable), more local content and a beter social economical situation. Ruurd Sieffers <ruurd.sieffers@telesur.sr> Chief of Data Communication Department Telesur
