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Re: [OT] Internet connectivity options in Afghanistan?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Lyon)
Tue Feb 22 16:34:24 2011

In-Reply-To: <4D641BE3.5030608@bgp4.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:34:18 -0500
From: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>
To: Janet Sullivan <netgeek@bgp4.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Janet Sullivan <netgeek@bgp4.net> wrote:
> I'm looking for cheap/slow internet connectivity options in Kabul,
> Jalalabad, and Herat. =A0The connections will be used by AFCECO orphanage=
s, so
> speed isn't as much of an issue as cost. =A0I'm guessing that satellite m=
ight
> be the only game in town, but if any of you fine folks know of connectivi=
ty
> options, I'd appreciate an email.
>
>
>

You can get expensive and slow, not so sure about cheap and slow.
Bentley Walker and ts2.pl is what basically everyone is using out
there, and it's all 100% garbage. Our company had a contract to
provide 6 Mbps of connectivity to a NATO base, so I can share notes
with anyone who is interested.

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