Connectivity Providers Database

From: js@rcp.pe (Jose Soriano) To: netreq@nic.ddn.mil CC: sgoldste@cise.cise.nsf.gov (Steve Goldstein--Ph +1-202-357-9717), uunet!rain.psg.com!randy@uunet.UU.NET (Randy Bush), tadao%ethos1.ansp.br@uunet.uu.net (Tadao Takahashi), julian@dcfcen.edu.ar (Julian Dunayevich), nico@dcfcen.edu.ar (Coord. RAN/Argentina), holz@seciu.edu.uy (Ida Holz), consejo%rcp@uunet.UU.NET, tec%rcp@uunet.UU.NET Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 13:04:46 EST Dear Mr. Jean Gallager DDN Network Information Center We understand your necessity of keeping B classes, for big networks. As you know, we are beginners in network-construction, but we would like to state our point of view, and what we think will be the growth experience of the Peruvian National Network . As Randy said, we began on Dec. 91, with only 40 uucp nodes, and about 1-3 users per node, at the present time (24 August 1992), we are 132 active nodes, each one with more than 15 user ( small institutions will reach 90-100 end users , larger institutions, now having 180-200 end-users will have (students included) about 7000-10000 end-users) . The most important is that almost 50% of this nodes after the aparition of RCP, are committed on an inside-institution development, working on the connection of their own LAN's, and studying the possibilities of connecting different architectures. (Mainframes IBM, VAX, DEC, PC,RS/6000, SUN). Most of the PC networks in Peru are Novell LANs. Some of them have more than 60 stations. In some cases organizations (Universidad Ricardo Palma, ESAN, Universidad del Pacifico, Univ. Catolica), have 4-5 lans, as the above mentioned, in these cases, the campuses sub-nets, we think we will need class C. The situation of RCP is different. As RCP is the national R&E Network and will manage many sub-nets. We think we could be assigned a B class. We can resume our situation as follows : 1. We are working hardly on the design of a national architecture. The phases of the project are as follow : . link to NSF - 64 Kbit (between RCP node and Homestead(Panamsat) in Florida. . stablish links between 10 big national sites (ISDN) and connect them with RCP (64 kbits). . These 10 sites, will be prepared to accept links with many other small neighbored-networks. . We will stablish links (for 1993) with at least 10 regional sites (Outside Lima - in provinces). We have already stablished uucp connections with RTC, and X.25, with cities such as : Arequipa (700 km form Lima), Cuzco(500 km), Piura (800 Km), Huaraz(300Km), Tumbes(700Km) and others. . RCP is seeking connection with neighbor countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Chile. As the National Peruvian Network, we are working on setting a national backbone, and looking forward to stablishing a regional LA&C backbone. Peru has 52 universities, 1/2 million students, 40000 professors, about 22000 researchers, we have the larger number of ONG institutions in Latin America, 900 Reserch Centers, many of them world-known, and all of them with national and international communications. In countries as ours, we can't afford on the development of many different networks, so from the very beginning RCP, involved all network projects of the biggest R&E institutions, now we have incorporated many others such as : - universities (Lima, and outside) - schools (10 uucp nodes in Lima) - hospitals and social security (27 uucp nodes - Lima & otside) - NGOs - ministery of Education, - Research Centers ( Government and Private and others) We are planning to have a large national network, and having the cooperation of all institutions involved, we will continue growing. We would appreciate if you can reconsider assigning RCP - which officially represents 132 national research institutions - a B class, so we can be prepared for our national network growing. If you need a detailed description on RCP, please let us know, we can send all the information you need, so we can further insist on a B class. Thanks Jose Soriano RCP- Administrator PS. Please forgive our Spanglish !